Oxide of lanthanoids can catalyse non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation: mechanistic concept and application potential of Eu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>- or Gd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-based catalysts
Anna Perechodjuk, Vita A. Kondratenko, Henrik Lund, Nils Rockstroh, Evgenii V. Kondratenko
Abstract
This paper demonstrates the potential of Eu2O3 and Gd2O3 as catalysts for non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation to propene. They reveal a higher activity than the state-of-the-art bare ZrO2-based catalysts due to the higher intrinsic activity of Gdcus or Eucus in comparison with that of Zrcus (cus = coordinatively unsaturated).
Topics & Concepts
DehydrogenationPropanePropeneCatalysisOxideLanthanideChemistryOxidative phosphorylationInorganic chemistryMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryIonBiochemistryCatalysis and Oxidation ReactionsCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceZeolite Catalysis and Synthesis