催化学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 70: 272-284.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60235-4

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ZnxZrO催化剂上协同位点用于乙烷C-H键靶向性断裂及CO2活化

强文军a,1, 廖多华a,1, 王茂林b, 曾令真b, 李伟奇a, 马雪冬a, 杨亮a, 李爽a,*(), 马丁b,*()   

  1. a西北大学化工学院, 陕西西安 710069
    b北京大学化学与分子工程学院, 北京分子科学国家实验室, 北京 100871
  • 收稿日期:2024-10-15 接受日期:2025-01-05 出版日期:2025-03-18 发布日期:2025-03-20
  • 通讯作者: * 电子信箱: shuangli722@126.com (李爽),dma@pku.edu.cn (马丁).
  • 作者简介:1共同第一作者.
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21878244);国家自然科学基金(22472130);太原理工大学煤炭清洁高效利用国家重点实验室基金(MJNYSKL202407)

Synergistic sites over the ZnxZrO catalyst for targeted cleavage of the C-H bonds of ethane in tandem with CO2 activation

Wenjun Qianga,1, Duohua Liaoa,1, Maolin Wangb, Lingzhen Zengb, Weiqi Lia, Xuedong Maa, Liang Yanga, Shuang Lia,*(), Ding Mab,*()   

  1. aSchool of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi, China
    bBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2024-10-15 Accepted:2025-01-05 Online:2025-03-18 Published:2025-03-20
  • Contact: * E-mail: shuangli722@126.com (S. Li),dma@pku.edu.cn (D. Ma).
  • About author:1 Contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(21878244);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22472130);State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology(MJNYSKL202407)

摘要:

CO2辅助乙烷氧化脱氢(CO2-ODHE)是将低碳烷烃(乙烷)和温室气体CO2进行一体化资源利用的绿色工程, 具有重要意义. 该技术为碳资源有效利用、重要化工产品生产以及环境保护等提供了新的发展思路. 然而, 乙烷C-C/C-H键竞争性断裂仍然是研制高性能催化剂的重大挑战. 工业上主要通过乙烷蒸汽裂解和催化裂化生产乙烯, 但存在能耗高、碳排放大、结焦严重等缺点. 利用CO2作为温和氧化剂, 选择性氧化乙烷脱氢制乙烯, 是更为原子经济性的反应, 并得到了工业界和学术界的广泛关注. 然而, 乙烷和CO2转化率以及烯烃的选择性强烈依赖催化剂的组成和结构, 目前普遍存在活性有限、选择性不高、稳定性不够理想的问题. 合理设计催化剂是实现C-H键选择性剪裁和高效活化CO2的关键.

本文采用沉积-沉淀法制备了一系列ZnO掺杂ZrO2双功能催化剂(ZnxZrO), 并通过原位表征和乙烷脉冲实验揭示了CO2-ODHE反应重要的表面化学过程. X射线衍射、拉曼光谱、X射线吸收近边结构、X射线光电子能谱及二氧化碳程序升温脱附结果表明, ZrO2中掺杂Zn2+后形成了Zn-O-Zr位点以及产生了更多氧空位(OV). 通过原位红外及乙烷脉冲实验揭示了两种类型活性位点的功能: 中等强度Lewis酸性位点(Zn-O-Zr位点)选择性地断裂乙烷C-H键, 而强Brönsted碱性位点(氧空位)有效地激活CO2 C=O键. 在ZnxZrO催化剂上, CO2-ODHE主要遵循乙烷脱氢和RWGS串联反应机理. 即乙烷在Zn-O-Zr位点直接脱氢生成C2H4和副产物H; 接着, CO2与副产物H在氧空位上反应生成甲酸中间体, 甲酸中间体进一步解离成CO和H2O, 同时Zn-O-Zr活性位点再生完成整个反应循环. 在性能测试方面, Zn0.2ZrO催化剂表现出最佳的催化活性, 在5 h内平均C2H6转化率, C2H4产率和CO2转化率分别达到19.1%, 10.5%和10.6% (600 °C, GHSV = 3000 mL/(g·h)). 尤其当GHSV增加至6000 mL/(g·h)时, 乙烯初始时空产率为355.5 μmol/(min·g).

综上所述, 本工作不仅为设计和研制廉价、高活性、高稳定性的催化剂提供依据和理论指导,助力实现CO2利用的“闭路循环”, 而且为靶向性地裁剪C-H键生成烯烃提供了一种催化剂设计思路.

关键词: Zn-O-Zr位点, 氧空位, CO2, 乙烯时空产率, 串联反应

Abstract:

The CO2-assisted oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (CO2-ODHE) provides a promising way to produce ethylene and utilize CO2. Simultaneous upgrading of ethane into the high value-added chemical products and the reduction of greenhouse gas CO2 emissions could be achieved. However, the targeted breaking of the C-C/C-H bonds of ethane is still a challenge for the designed catalysts. In this paper, ZnO-doped ZrO2 bifunctional catalysts (ZnxZrO) with different Zn/Zr molar ratios were prepared by the deposition-precipitation method, and the functions of various sites for CO2-ODHE reaction were revealed by in situ characterizations and ethane pulse experiment: the medium-strength acidic Zn-O-Zr sites are responsible for the purposefully cracking of ethane C-H bonds to ethylene, while the more oxygen vacancies (OV) created by the introduction of Zn2+ are responsible for the efficient activation C=O bonds of CO2, thus promoting the RWGS reaction. In addition, the Zn0.2ZrO catalyst demonstrated excellent catalytic performances, with C2H6 conversion, C2H4 yield, and CO2 conversion about 19.1%, 10.5%, and 10.6% within 5 h, respectively (600 °C, GHSV = 3000 mL/(g·h)). Especially, the initial ethylene space-time yield of 355.5 μmol/(min·g) was obtained under 6000 mL/(g·h); Finally, the tandem reaction mechanism of ethane dehydrogenation and RWGS was revealed.

Key words: Zn-O-Zr site, Oxygen vacancies, CO2, Ethylene space-time yield, Tandem reaction