Highly Effective Propane Dehydrogenation Using Ga-Rh Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions

Raman N, Maisel S, Grabau M, Taccardi N, Debuschewitz J, Wolf M, Wittkämper H, Bauer T, Wu M, Haumann M, Papp C, Görling A, Spiecker E, Libuda J, Steinrück HP, Wasserscheid P (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

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Pages Range: 9499-9507

DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02459

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Our contribution demonstrates that rhodium, an element that has barely been reported as an active metal for selective dehydrogenation of alkanes becomes a very active, selective, and robust dehydrogenation catalyst when exposed to propane in the form of single atoms at the interface of a solid-supported, highly dynamic liquid Ga-Rh mixture. We demonstrate that the transition to a fully liquid supported alloy droplet at Ga/Rh ratios above 80, results in a drastic increase in catalyst activity with high propylene selectivity. The combining results from catalytic studies, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, IR-spectroscopy under reaction conditions, microscopy, and density-functional theory calculations, we obtained a comprehensive microscopy picture of the working principle of the Ga-Rh supported catalytically active liquid metal solution.

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Raman, N., Maisel, S., Grabau, M., Taccardi, N., Debuschewitz, J., Wolf, M.,... Wasserscheid, P. (2019). Highly Effective Propane Dehydrogenation Using Ga-Rh Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions. ACS Catalysis, 9499-9507. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b02459

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Raman, Narayanan, et al. "Highly Effective Propane Dehydrogenation Using Ga-Rh Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions." ACS Catalysis (2019): 9499-9507.

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