Thermal activation of methane by vanadium boride cluster cations VBn+ (n = 3

Thermal activation of methane by vanadium boride cluster cations VBn+ (n = 3–6)

Published:2018 Issue:7 Volume:20 Page:4641-4645
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Chen Qiang¹²³⁴²,Zhao Yan-Xia¹²³⁴²,Jiang Li-Xue¹²³⁴²,Li Hai-Fang¹²³⁴²,Chen Jiao-Jiao¹²³⁴²,Zhang Ting¹²³⁴²,Liu Qing-Yu¹²³⁴²,He Sheng-Gui¹²³⁴²

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2. Beijing 100190

3. China

4. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences

Abstract

A new type of active species, transition metal boride cluster cations [VB_n⁺ (n = 3–6)], has been experimentally identified to dehydrogenate methane under thermal collision conditions. The B₃ unit in VB₃⁺ cluster is polarized by the V⁺ cation to activate CH₄.

Funder

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/CP/C8CP00071A

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