Silicalite-1 Stabilizes Zn-Hydride Species for Efficient Propane Dehydrogenation

Shaojia Song, Kun Yang, Peng Zhang, Zhijie Wu, Jun Li, Hui Su, Sheng Dai, Chunming Xu, Zhenxing Li, Jian Liu, Weiyu Song

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Abstract

Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) is promising for producing high value-added propylene. The discovery of a more efficient, economical, and nontoxic PDH catalyst is of great importance. Herein, we found zinc hydrides ([ZnH]+) as the highly reactive site for PDH. In situ spectroscopy and theoretical studies reveal that [ZnH]+ was transformed from zinc hydroxyl ([ZnOH]+) sites under reductive conditions. Accordingly, the formation of [ZnH]+ can be controlled by adjusting the amount of zinc hydroxyl ([ZnOH]+) species by various additives. The optimized Cu-ZnO@S-1 consists of exclusively isolated [ZnOH]+ sites, which help produce more [ZnH]+ toward optimal PDH activity. Specifically, the catalyst enables 43% propane conversion with >88% propylene selectivity, close to the thermodynamic equilibrium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5997-6006
Number of pages10
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume12
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 20 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bimetallic catalysts
  • density functional theory
  • nonoxidative propane dehydrogenation
  • zeolite
  • zinc hydrides

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