Fine cubic Cu2O nanocrystals as highly selective catalyst for propylene epoxidation with molecular oxygen

Wei Xiong; Xiang-Kui Gu; Zhenhua Zhang; Peng Chai; Yijing Zang; Zongyou Yu; Dan Li; Hui Zhang; Zhi Liu; Weixin Huang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26257-0

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Fine cubic Cu2O nanocrystals as highly selective catalyst for propylene epoxidation with molecular oxygen

Wei Xiong,
Xiang-Kui Gu,
Zhenhua Zhang,
Peng Chai,
Yijing Zang,
Zongyou Yu,
Dan Li,
Hui Zhang,
Zhi Liu,
Weixin Huang

Affiliations

Wei Xiong: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiang-Kui Gu: School of Power and Mechanical Engineering, Wuhan University
Zhenhua Zhang: Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University
Peng Chai: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Yijing Zang: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zongyou Yu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Dan Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Hui Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhi Liu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weixin Huang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26257-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Direct propylene epoxidation with O2 to form propylene oxide (PO) selectively is a challenge. Here, the authors explore 27 nm-sized cubic Cu2O nanocrystals as thermocatalysts for this reaction which facilitate PO production with high selectivity, >80%, at moderate temperatures of 90–110 °C.

Published in Nature Communications

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