Macroscopically shaped monolith of nanodiamonds @ nitrogen-enriched mesoporous carbon decorated SiC as a superior metal-free catalyst for the styrene production

Nanodiamonds (NDs) are recognized as a class of robust metal-free catalysts for the steam-free, direct dehydrogenation (DDH) of ethylbenzene (EB) to styrene (ST). In spite of that, some main drawbacks, such as their powdery form along with their tendency to form aggregates, limit their full exploitation at the industrial level. In this work, we describe the preparation of macroscopically shaped monoliths consisting of silicon carbide-based foams...