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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc04310j
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This study describes the effect of calcium on the propane dehydrogenation catalyst and finds that calcium can enhance the activity and selectivity of the platinum-tin catalyst by promoting the formation of tin and a highly reactive and sintering-resistant platinum-tin alloy.
The strong promotion effects of alkali/alkaline earth metals are frequently reported for heterogeneous catalytic processes such as propane dehydrogenation (PDH), but their functioning principles remain elusive. This paper describes the effect of the addition of calcium (Ca) on reducing the deactivation rate of platinum-tin (Pt-Sn) catalyzed PDH from 0.04 h-1 to 0.0098 h-1 at 873 K under a WHSV of 16.5 h-1 of propane. The Pt-Sn-Ca catalyst shows a high propylene selectivity of >96% with a propylene production rate of 41 molC3H6 (gPt h)-1 and similar to 1% activity loss after regeneration. The combination of characterization and DFT simulations reveals that Ca acts as a structural promoter favoring the transition of Snn+ in the parent catalyst to Sn0 during reduction, and the latter is an electron donor that increases the electron density of Pt. This greatly suppresses coke formation from deep dehydrogenation. Moreover, it was found that Ca promotes the formation of a highly reactive and sintering-resistant sub-nano Pt-Sn alloy with a diameter of approximately 0.8 nm. These lead to high activity and selectivity for the Pt-Sn-Ca catalyst for PDH.
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