Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Supported Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst†
Qian Zhang
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorXunzhu Jiang
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorYangyang Li
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorYuanlong Tan
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorQike Jiang
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoyan Liu
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
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Botao Qiao
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorQian Zhang
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorXunzhu Jiang
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorYangyang Li
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorYuanlong Tan
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Search for more papers by this authorQike Jiang
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaoyan Liu
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
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Botao Qiao
CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Liaoning, 116023 China
E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author† Dedicated to the Special Issue of Single-Atom Catalysis.
Comprehensive Summary
Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane has been an ever-growing field for propylene production due to its exothermic properties, of which overoxidation is the major drawback, with CO and even CO2 as undesired by-products. For the purpose of getting higher propylene selectivity as well as yield, herein, we report Ni single atoms supported on calcium aluminate as an efficient catalyst candidate for propane oxidative dehydrogenation. Beneficial from higher valence states of Ni1 species, it shows 2—3 times as much propylene selectivity as that of Ni nanoparticles. About 14.2% C3H6 yield with 47.3% propylene selectivity has been achieved on Ni single atom catalyst and a good stability during 20 h test can be obtained as well. 
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