Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene over a hydroxylated boron nitride catalyst

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62786-4

Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 389-395.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62786-4

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Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene over a hydroxylated boron nitride catalyst

Lei Shi^a, Bing Yan^a, Dan Shao^a, Fan Jiang^a, Dongqi Wang^b, An-Hui Lu^a

a State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China;
b Center for Multi-disciplinary Research, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received:2017-01-09 Revised:2017-01-18 Online:2017-02-18 Published:2017-03-14
Contact: 10.1016/S1872-2067(17)62786-4
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21225312, U1462120, 21473206) and Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China (T2015036).

Abstract

Abstract:

Boron nitride containing hydroxyl groups efficiently catalysed oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene, offering rather high selectivity (95%) but only small amount of CO₂ formation (0.4%) at a given ethane conversion of 11%. Even at high conversion level of 63%, the selectivity of ethylene retained at 80%, which is competitive with the energy-demanding industrialized steam cracking route. A long-term test for 200 h resulted in stable conversion and product selectivity, showing the excellent catalytic stability. Both experimental and computational studies have identified that the hydrogen abstraction of B-OH groups by molecular oxygen dynamically generated the active sites and triggered ethane dehydrogenation.

Key words: Boron nitride, Hydroxylation, Ethane, Oxidative dehydrogenation, Ethylene

Lei Shi, Bing Yan, Dan Shao, Fan Jiang, Dongqi Wang, An-Hui Lu. Selective oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene over a hydroxylated boron nitride catalyst[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 38(2): 389-395.

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