摘要 |
A process and apparatus for producing non-noble metal nano-scale catalyst particles includes feeding at least one decomposable moiety selected from the group consisting of organometallic compounds, metal complexes, metal coordination compounds and mixtures thereof into a reactor vessel, wherein the metal is a non-noble metal, and further wherein the nature of the decomposable moiety introduced into the reactor vessel through each feeder, the rate of feeding of each decomposable moiety, or the order in which different species are fed into the reactor vessel is controlled; exposing the decomposable moiety to a source of energy sufficient to decompose the moiety and produce non-noble metal nano-scale particles; and depositing the nano-scale catalyst particles on a support or in a collector.
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