Journal
CATALYSIS TODAY
Volume 249, Issue -, Pages 176-183Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.10.007
Keywords
Oxidative dehydrogenation; Carbon xerogels; Surface oxygen groups; Nitrogen-doping; Isobutane; Turnover frequency
Funding
- European Union [280658]
- FEDER through Program COMPETE
- FCT - Fundacdo para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
- QREN
- ON2
- FEDER
- FCT [SFRH/BPD/71559/2010, SFRH/BPD/80435/2011]
- [PEst-C/EQB/LA0020/2013]
- [NORTE-07-0162-FEDER-000050]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/71559/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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The oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutane was investigated with oxidised and nitrogen-doped carbon xerogel catalysts in a fixed-bed reactor at 375 degrees C using a stoichiometric feed composition. The oxygen groups were selectively removed from the surface by thermal treatments performed on the oxidised samples, confirming the carbonyl-quinone groups as the active sites for the reaction, but also highlighting the negative role played by the carboxylic anhydride groups. Turn-over frequencies could be calculated from correlations between the catalytic activity and the concentration of carbonyl-quinone groups. On the other hand, the results obtained with the nitrogen-doped samples showed that the catalytic activity increased with the nitrogen content of the carbon xerogels. (C) 2014 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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