Progress in selective oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes to olefins promoted by boron nitride catalysts

Conversion of light alkanes into industrial chemical olefins via oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) is a promising route because of favorable thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics, but encounters difficulties in selectivity control for olefins because of over-oxidation reactions that produce a subs...

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Published inChemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 54; no. 78; pp. 1936 - 1946
Main Authors Shi, Lei, Wang, Yang, Yan, Bing, Song, Wei, Shao, Dan, Lu, An-Hui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal Society of Chemistry 27.09.2018
Subjects
Alkanes
Alkenes
Boron
Boron nitride
carbon
carbon dioxide
Carbon oxides
Catalysis
Catalysts
catalytic activity
Dehydrogenation
Organic chemistry
Oxidation
Selectivity
Silicones
Thermal conductivity
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Summary:Conversion of light alkanes into industrial chemical olefins via oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) is a promising route because of favorable thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics, but encounters difficulties in selectivity control for olefins because of over-oxidation reactions that produce a substantial amount of undesired carbon oxides. Compared to widely-developed metal oxide-based catalysts, functionalized boron nitride has recently been shown as a competitive system in the ODH of light alkanes because of its more superior selectivity toward olefins as well as negligible formation of CO 2 . It is also characterized by high productivity to light olefins, remarkable catalyst stability, superior anti-oxidation ability, and excellent thermal conductivity. This feature article highlights the recent developments in applying boron nitride towards the ODH reaction of light alkanes. By correlating structural character with catalytic behavior, we expect to provide more insights into the catalytic nature of boron nitride-based materials in ODH reactions. Finally, we envisage perspective directions for boron-based ODH catalysts. We highlight recent progress on a newly-developed catalyst system, boron nitride, for selective oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes.
Bibliography:Yang Wang, born in 1990, obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Dalian University of Technology, China. He is currently working on his PhD thesis in the group of Prof. Dr A.-H. Lu and focuses on the development of new catalysts to activate and convert methane.
Lei Shi received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from Xiamen University, China in 2013, and then joined Prof. Lu's group at Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China, as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2016 he was promoted to an Associate Professor of DUT. His current research concentrates on catalytic conversion of light alkanes.
An-Hui Lu received his PhD degree from the Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2001. He worked as a Postdoctoral fellow and Alexander von Humboldt fellow in the group of Prof. F. Schüth at the Max-Planck-Institute für Kohlenforschung. In 2005, he was promoted to a group leader at the same institute. He is currently a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology and has been since 2008. Since 2015, he has been appointed as the Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering, and has been the vice director of the State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals since 2017. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (2012), Cheung Kong Scholar by the Ministry of Education of China (2015). He has authored and co-authored more than 170 papers with citation over 12 000 times, with an H-index of 53. His research interests include synthesis of porous materials for heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption, energy storage and conversion.
Bing Yan, born in 1990, obtained his BSc degree from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, then MSc degree from Dalian Polytechnic University, China. He is currently working on his PhD thesis in the group of Prof. Dr A.-H. Lu and focuses on the oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes with metal-free catalysts.
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ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/c8cc04604b