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Promoted NiO Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane

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Metal oxide promoted NiO catalysts with a Ni/(Me + Ni) atomic ratio 0.92 have been investigated for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane. These materials have been characterized by several techniques (N2-adsorption, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy of adsorbed CO and ethylene). The nature of surface sites is strongly influenced by the valence and the acid/base characteristics of the metal oxide promoters, which have a great impact on the selectivity to ethylene. Accordingly, a clear correlation between selectivity to ethylene and the valence of the promoter has been observed in the present work. Additionally, the acidity of the catalyst also enhances the selectivity to ethylene.

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The Spanish authors would like to thank the DGICYT in Spain (Project CTQ2012-37925-C03-1 and CTQ2012-37925-C03-2) for financial support.

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  1. Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Campus de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    José M. López Nieto & Patricia Concepción

  2. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universitat de Valencia, c/Dr. Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain

    Benjamín Solsona

  3. Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    Robert K. Grasselli

  4. Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

    Robert K. Grasselli

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López Nieto, J.M., Solsona, B., Grasselli, R.K. et al. Promoted NiO Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane. Top Catal 57, 1248–1255 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0288-2

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