Metastable gallium hydride mediates propane dehydrogenation on H2 co-feeding

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In heterogeneous catalysis, the catalytic dehydrogenation reactions of hydrocarbons often exhibit a negative pressure dependence on hydrogen due to the competitive chemisorption of hydrocarbons and hydrogen. However, some catalysts show a positive pressure dependence for propane dehydrogenation, an important reaction for propylene production. Here we show that the positive activity dependence on H2 partial pressure of gallium oxide-based catalysts arises from metastable hydride mediation. Through in situ spectroscopic, kinetic and computational analyses, we demonstrate that under reaction conditions with H2 co-feeding, the dissociative adsorption of H2 on a partially reduced gallium oxide surface produces H atoms chemically bonded to coordinatively unsaturated Ga atoms. These metastable gallium hydride species promote C-H bond activation while inhibiting deep dehydrogenation. We found that the surface coverage of gallium hydride determines the catalytic performance. Accordingly, benefiting from proper H2 co-feeding, the alumina-supported, trace additive-modified gallium oxide catalyst GaOx-Ir-K/Al2O3 exhibited high activity and selectivity at high propane concentrations.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Nature chemistry - 16(2024), 4 vom: 05. Apr., Seite 575-583

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Englisch

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Sun, Guodong [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Zhi-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
Pei, Chunlei [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Sai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tingting [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Kaige [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shijia [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Lirong [VerfasserIn]
Gong, Jinlong [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 05.04.2024

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10.1038/s41557-023-01392-x

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