Isolated boron in zeolite for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane

Hang Zhou, Xianfeng Yi, Yu Hui, Liang Wang*, Wei Chen, Yucai Qin, Ming Wang, Jiabi Ma, Xuefeng Chu, Yeqing Wang, Xin Hong, Zifeng Chen, Xiangju Meng*, Hai Wang, Qiuyan Zhu, Lijuan Song, Anmin Zheng*, Feng Shou Xiao*

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Abstract

Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) is a key technology for producing propene from shale gas, but conventional metal oxide catalysts are prone to overoxidation to form valueless COx. Boron-based catalysts were recently found to be selective for this reaction, and B-O-B oligomers are generally regarded as active centers. We show here that the isolated boron in a zeolite framework without such oligomers exhibits high activity and selectivity for ODHP, which also hinders full hydrolysis for boron leaching in a humid atmosphere because of the B-O-SiOx linkage, achieving superior durability in a long-period test. Furthermore, we demonstrate an isolated boron with a -B[OH…O(H)-Si]2 structure in borosilicate zeolite as the active center, which enables the activation of oxygen and a carbon-hydrogen bond to catalyze the ODHP.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)76-80
Number of pages5
JournalScience
Volume372
Issue number6537
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Apr 2021

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Zhou, H., Yi, X., Hui, Y., Wang, L., Chen, W., Qin, Y., Wang, M., Ma, J., Chu, X., Wang, Y., Hong, X., Chen, Z., Meng, X., Wang, H., Zhu, Q., Song, L., Zheng, A., & Xiao, F. S. (2021). Isolated boron in zeolite for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane. Science, 372(6537), 76-80. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe7935