Nb2O5 as a radical modulator during oxidative dehydrogenation and as a Lewis acid promoter in CO2 assisted dehydrogenation of octane over confined 2D engineered NiO–Nb2O5

Nb2O5 as a radical modulator during oxidative dehydrogenation and as a Lewis acid promoter in CO2 assisted dehydrogenation of octane over confined 2D engineered NiO–Nb2O5–Al2O3

Published:2021 Issue:15 Volume:11 Page:5321-5334
ISSN:2044-4753
Container-title:Catalysis Science & Technology
language:en
Short-container-title:Catal. Sci. Technol.

Author:

Farahani Majid D.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Fadlalla Mohamed I.⁵⁶⁴⁷⁸^ORCID,Ezekiel Itegbeyogene P.¹²³⁴,Osman Nadir S. E.¹²³⁴,Moyo Thomas¹²³⁴,Claeys Michael⁵⁶⁴⁷⁸^ORCID,Friedrich Holger B.¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chemistry and Physics

2. University of KwaZulu-Natal

3. Durban 4000

4. South Africa

5. Catalysis Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering

6. University of Cape Town

7. DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis

8. c*change

Abstract

Ordered mesoporous 2D NiO–Nb₂O₅–Al₂O₃ nano-composites were used for CO₂ assisted dehydrogenation of n-octane; and the close proximity of Ni and Nb₂O₅ in the optimised catalyst promoted CO₂ dissociation and substantially prolonged alkane activation.

Funder

Sasol

National Research Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/CY/D1CY00550B

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