Selective Oxidative Cracking of n–Butane to Light Olefins over Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Limited Formation of COx

McDermott, William P.; Venegas, Juan; Hermans, Ive

doi:10.1002/cssc.201901663

Selective Oxidative Cracking of n–Butane to Light Olefins over Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Limited Formation of CO_x

Journal Article · Mon Aug 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ChemSusChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201901663· OSTI ID:1866355

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Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

In recent years, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as an unexpected catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes. Here, the versatility of hBN was extended to alkane oxidative cracking chemistry by investigating the production of ethylene and propylene from n-butane. Cracking selectivity was primarily controlled by the ratio of n-butane to O₂ within the reactant feed. Under O₂-lean conditions, increasing temperature led to increased selectivity to ethylene and propylene and decreased selectivity to CO_x. In addition to surface-mediated chemistry, homogeneous gas-phase reactions likely contributed to the observed product distribution, and a reaction mechanism was proposed based on these observations. Here, the catalyst showed good stability under oxidative cracking conditions for 100 h time-on-stream while maintaining high selectivity to ethylene and propylene.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0017918

OSTI ID:: 1866355

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1570048

Journal Information:: ChemSusChem, Journal Name: ChemSusChem Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 1864-5631

Publisher:: ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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