Joseph T. Grant1, Carlos A. Carrero1, Florian Göeltl1, Juan M. Venegas2, Philipp Müller1, Samuel P. Burt2, Sarah E. Specht1, William P. McDermott1, Alessandro Chieregato1, Ive Hermans2,1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin – Madison 1415 Engineering Drive Madison WI 53706 USA
Tóm tắt
Boron nitride catalysis
Propene is one of the highest-volume organic chemicals produced. Propene has mainly been made from naphtha, but changes in the global supply chain are creating shortages. Direct conversion from propane, a component of natural gas, via reaction with oxygen is an attractive alternative, but existing approaches produce a large fraction of unwanted CO and CO
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. Grant
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report that boron nitride, normally an unreactive material, has high selectivity to catalyze the production of propene (77%) and ethene (13%).
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