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Single Co Sites in Ordered SiO2 Channels for Boosting Nonoxidative Propane Dehydrogenation

Journal

ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 2632-2638

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05921

Keywords

propane dehydrogenation; ultrashort 3D channel; unsaturated Co-O-3 site; oxygen defect; C-H bond activation

Funding

  1. China Ministry of Science and Technology [2021YFE0191700, 2018YFE0122600]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21802070]
  3. DNL Cooperation Fund, CAS [DNL201918]
  4. Anhui Natural Science Foundation [2108085QB70]
  5. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WK2060120004, WK2060000021, WK2060000025, KY2060000180]
  6. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [BX20200317, 2020 M682030]
  7. CAS Fujian Institute of Innovation

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This study presents a catalyst for propane dehydrogenation with low cost, environmental friendliness, and high activity. The catalyst, constructed using SiO2 nanomeshes with ultrashort three-dimensional channels, effectively immobilizes Co single atoms. The catalyst exhibits outstanding catalytic performance and long-term stability, making it significant for the design of high-efficiency single-atom catalysts.
Searching for low-cost, environmentally friendly, and highly active catalysts for C-H bond activation in propane dehydrogenation (PDH) reaction remains a great challenge. Herein, SiO2 nanomeshes (NMs) with ultrashort three-dimensional (3D) channels were constructed to effectively confine the Co single atoms (Co SAs/SiO2 NMs). The ultrashort 3D channels were formed by gasifying carbon in the self-assembled SiO2@polymer composites under the air atmosphere. The carbon removal process resulted in abundant oxygen (O*) defects in the channel windowsill that immobilized the dissociative Co-1 species to afford the sintering-resistant Co SAs/SiO2 NMs catalyst. The as-obtained Co SAs/SiO2 NMs with unsaturated Co-O-3 sites exhibited an outstanding PDH catalytic behavior (95% selectivity and 196 h(-1) turnover frequency), superior to Co SAs/SiO2 commerce (83%, 49 h(-1)), Co NPs/SiO2 NMs (87%, 13 h(-1)), and most non-noble metal-based catalysts. Furthermore, Co SAs/SiO2 NMs showed high long-term stability with no significant deactivation during 24 h of reaction. Theoretical and experimental analysis indicated that these unsaturated Co-O-3 sites could selectively activate the first and second C-H bonds and limit the further splitting of C-H (C) bonds during PDH. This work paves a way for designing high-efficiency single-atom catalysts for PDH.

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