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4 Synthesis and Design of Carbon‐Supported Highly Dispersed Metal Catalysts
Enrique García‐Bordejé
Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB‐CSIC), Department of Chemical Processes and Nanotechnology, Miguel Luesma Castán 4, E‐50018 Zaragoza, Spain
4.1 Introduction
Activated carbon is typically the choice of industry as catalyst supports for noble metals for hydrogenation and oxidation in liquid phase due to its outstanding properties such as resistance to basic/acidic media, chemical inertness, high surface area, and the easy recovery of the noble metals by calcination. Carbon black, consisting of microporous and graphitic carbon, is the benchmark support for noble metals used in electrocatalysis due to its excellent conductivity (see for examples, Chapter 30 for electrocatalytic water splitting, and Chapter 32 for fuel‐cell‐related electrocatalytic reactions). More recently, development of carbon‐based catalysts have been identified as key technology in enabling the future