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Title: Identifying different types of catalysts for CO2 reduction by ethane through dry reforming and oxidative dehydrogenation

Abstract

Abstract The recent shale gas boom combined with the requirement to reduce atmospheric CO 2 have created an opportunity for using both raw materials (shale gas and CO 2 ) in a single process. Shale gas is primarily made up of methane, but ethane comprises about 10 % and reserves are underutilized. Two routes have been investigated by combining ethane decomposition with CO 2 reduction to produce products of higher value. The first reaction is ethane dry reforming which produces synthesis gas (CO+H 2 ). The second route is oxidative dehydrogenation which produces ethylene using CO 2 as a soft oxidant. The results of this study indicate that the Pt/CeO 2 catalyst shows promise for the production of synthesis gas, while Mo 2 C‐based materials preserve the CC bond of ethane to produce ethylene. These findings are supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy (XANES) characterization of the catalysts under in situ reaction conditions.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [3]
  1. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  4. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1246794
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1813885
Report Number(s):
BNL-111965-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851; KC0302010
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC00112704; SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition); Journal Volume: 54; Journal Issue: 51; Journal ID: ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Marc D. Porosoff, Chen, Jingguang G., Myint, Myat Noe Zin, Kattel, Shyam, Xie, Zhenhua, Gomez, Elaine, and Liu, Ping. Identifying different types of catalysts for CO2 reduction by ethane through dry reforming and oxidative dehydrogenation. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1002/anie.201508128.
Marc D. Porosoff, Chen, Jingguang G., Myint, Myat Noe Zin, Kattel, Shyam, Xie, Zhenhua, Gomez, Elaine, & Liu, Ping. Identifying different types of catalysts for CO2 reduction by ethane through dry reforming and oxidative dehydrogenation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508128
Marc D. Porosoff, Chen, Jingguang G., Myint, Myat Noe Zin, Kattel, Shyam, Xie, Zhenhua, Gomez, Elaine, and Liu, Ping. Tue . "Identifying different types of catalysts for CO2 reduction by ethane through dry reforming and oxidative dehydrogenation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508128. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1246794.
@article{osti_1246794,
title = {Identifying different types of catalysts for CO2 reduction by ethane through dry reforming and oxidative dehydrogenation},
author = {Marc D. Porosoff and Chen, Jingguang G. and Myint, Myat Noe Zin and Kattel, Shyam and Xie, Zhenhua and Gomez, Elaine and Liu, Ping},
abstractNote = {Abstract The recent shale gas boom combined with the requirement to reduce atmospheric CO 2 have created an opportunity for using both raw materials (shale gas and CO 2 ) in a single process. Shale gas is primarily made up of methane, but ethane comprises about 10 % and reserves are underutilized. Two routes have been investigated by combining ethane decomposition with CO 2 reduction to produce products of higher value. The first reaction is ethane dry reforming which produces synthesis gas (CO+H 2 ). The second route is oxidative dehydrogenation which produces ethylene using CO 2 as a soft oxidant. The results of this study indicate that the Pt/CeO 2 catalyst shows promise for the production of synthesis gas, while Mo 2 C‐based materials preserve the CC bond of ethane to produce ethylene. These findings are supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and X‐ray absorption near‐edge spectroscopy (XANES) characterization of the catalysts under in situ reaction conditions.},
doi = {10.1002/anie.201508128},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)},
number = 51,
volume = 54,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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