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The Catalytic Activity of Zinc Oxides from Single Source Precursors with Additives for the C–H Acitivation of Lower Alkanes

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Zinc oxide—pure and doped with Li—was prepared once from single source precursors and once via mixed milling and the activity for the oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) and the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODE) and propane (ODP) was investigated. When Li is added to ZnO, different reaction pathways are opened for the OCM, whereas for the ODE and ODP it can be assumed that this does not happen.

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We would like to thank the International Max Planck Research School of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society for financial support and the DFG for funding the Excellence Cluster “Unicat” (Unifying Concepts in Catalysis). Mr. Torsten Otremba and Mr. Axel Schiele for the support with the catalytic testing device, and to Dr. Traugott Scheytt for the AAS analysis. Further thanks goes to the gaffer Mr. Reichert for his support with the quartz glas reactors.

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Arndt, S., Aksu, Y., Driess, M. et al. The Catalytic Activity of Zinc Oxides from Single Source Precursors with Additives for the C–H Acitivation of Lower Alkanes. Catal Lett 131, 258–265 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-009-0055-3

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