A tailored multi-functional catalyst for ultra-efficient styrene production under a cyclic redox scheme

Xing Zhu; Yunfei Gao; Xijun Wang; Vasudev Haribal; Junchen Liu; Luke M. Neal; Zhenghong Bao; Zili Wu; Hua Wang; Fanxing Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21374-2

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

A tailored multi-functional catalyst for ultra-efficient styrene production under a cyclic redox scheme

Xing Zhu,
Yunfei Gao,
Xijun Wang,
Vasudev Haribal,
Junchen Liu,
Luke M. Neal,
Zhenghong Bao,
Zili Wu,
Hua Wang,
Fanxing Li

Affiliations

Xing Zhu: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Yunfei Gao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Xijun Wang: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Vasudev Haribal: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Junchen Liu: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Luke M. Neal: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Zhenghong Bao: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Science Division and Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Zili Wu: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Science Division and Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Hua Wang: State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology
Fanxing Li: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21374-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Styrene is an important commodity chemical that is highly energy and CO2 intensive to produce. Here, authors report a redox-oxidative dehydrogenation scheme and a tailored core-shell redox catalyst to convert ethylbenzene to styrene with up to 91.4% single-pass yield and 82% energy savings.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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