Light olefin synthesis from a diversity of renewable and fossil feedstocks: state-of the-art and outlook

SA Chernyak, M Corda, JP Dath… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Light olefins are important feedstocks and platform molecules for the chemical industry.
Their synthesis has been a research priority in both academia and industry. There are many …

Heterogeneous alkane dehydrogenation catalysts investigated via a surface organometallic chemistry approach

SR Docherty, L Rochlitz, PA Payard… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective conversion of light alkanes (C2–C6 saturated hydrocarbons) to the
corresponding alkene is an appealing strategy for the petrochemical industry in view of the …

Design strategies of stable catalysts for propane dehydrogenation to propylene

ML Sun, ZP Hu, HY Wang, YJ Suo, ZY Yuan - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Propylene is one of the most important building blocks for the chemical industry. Traditional
propylene production, which is based on oil-based cracking processes, is being challenged …

Single Co Sites in Ordered SiO2 Channels for Boosting Nonoxidative Propane Dehydrogenation

W Wang, Y Wu, T Liu, Y Zhao, Y Qu, R Yang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Searching for low-cost, environmentally friendly, and highly active catalysts for C–H bond
activation in propane dehydrogenation (PDH) reaction remains a great challenge. Herein …

Coke deposition on Pt-based catalysts in propane direct dehydrogenation: Kinetics, suppression, and elimination

Z Lian, C Si, F Jan, SK Zhi, B Li - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pt-based catalysts are widely used in propane dehydrogenation to meet the dramatically
increased demand of propylene from an on-purpose catalytic process. Although the process …

Highly active and selective sites for propane dehydrogenation in zeolite Ga-BEA

L Ni, R Khare, R Bermejo-Deval, R Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A highly selective Ga-modified zeolite BEA for propane dehydrogenation has been
synthesized by grafting Ga on Zn-BEA followed by removal of Zn in the presence of H2. A …

Nature of GaOx Shells Grown on Silica by Atomic Layer Deposition

Z Chen, NK Zimmerli, M Zubair, AV Yakimov… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gallia-based shells with a thickness varying from a submonolayer to ca. 2.5 nm were
prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using trimethylgallium, ozone, and partially …

Steering the reaction pathway of syngas-to-light olefins with coordination unsaturated sites of ZnGaOx spinel

N Li, Y Zhu, F Jiao, X Pan, Q Jiang, J Cai, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Significant progress has been demonstrated in the development of bifunctional oxide-zeolite
catalyst concept to tackle the selectivity challenge in syngas chemistry. Despite general …

Metastable gallium hydride mediates propane dehydrogenation on H2 co-feeding

G Sun, ZJ Zhao, L Li, C Pei, X Chang, S Chen… - Nature Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
In heterogeneous catalysis, the catalytic dehydrogenation reactions of hydrocarbons often
exhibit a negative pressure dependence on hydrogen due to the competitive chemisorption …

Structure and Role of a Ga-Promoter in Ni-Based Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol

NK Zimmerli, L Rochlitz, S Checchia, CR Müller… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Supported, bimetallic catalysts have shown great promise for the selective hydrogenation of
CO2 to methanol. In this study, we decipher the catalytically active structure of Ni–Ga-based …