Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis at Mild Conditions over Ruthenium on Tungstated Zirconia
Cong Wang, Tianjun Xie, Pavel A. Kots, Brandon C. Vance, Kewei Yu, Pawan Kumar, Jiayi Fu, Sibao Liu, George Tsilomelekis, Eric A. Stach, Weiqing Zheng, Dionisios G. Vlachos
Abstract
clusters store H as surface hydroxyls by spillover. We correlate this hydrogen storage mechanism with hydrogenation and desorption of long alkyl intermediates that would otherwise undergo further C-C scission to produce methane.
Topics & Concepts
HydrogenolysisRutheniumCubic zirconiaPolyethyleneMaterials scienceChemical engineeringChemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisEngineeringCeramicCatalysts for Methane ReformingAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies