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Direct and Highly Selective Conversion of Bioethanol to Propylene Over Y-CeO2 and Zeolite Beta Composite

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A series of Y-CeO2/Beta composites with different Beta contents were prepared by an incipient impregnation method, followed by calcination at 650 °C. The Y-CeO2/Beta composites display excellent catalytic performance in the conversion of ethanol to propylene. In particular, the Y-CeO2/10%Beta catalyst with 10% zeolite Beta affords the highest propylene yield of 64.1%. The probe reactions suggest that the role of zeolite Beta in the Y-CeO2/Beta composite catalyst is to promote conversion of the acetone intermediate generated on Y-CeO2 oxide to 2-propanol via the MPV reaction as well as the subsequent dehydration of resulting 2-propanol to propylene, thereby enhancing the selective conversion of ethanol to propylene dramatically.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 22072027 and 91645201), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (13DZ2275200) and the Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology SINOPEC.

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  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, People’s Republic of China

    Huan Jin, Yinghong Yue, Chao Tian, Weiming Hua & Zi Gao

  2. Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology SINOPEC, Shanghai, 201208, People’s Republic of China

    Changxi Miao

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HJ: preparation, characterization, catalytic tests, writing—original draft. YY: methodology, data analysis. CM: conceptualization, supervision. CT: preparation, characterization. WH: conceptualization, supervision, writing—review & editing. ZG: conceptualization.

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Jin, H., Yue, Y., Miao, C. et al. Direct and Highly Selective Conversion of Bioethanol to Propylene Over Y-CeO2 and Zeolite Beta Composite. Catal Lett 153, 230–238 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-03939-y

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