Low-Temperature Direct Oxidation of Propane to Propylene Oxide Using Supported Subnanometer Cu Clusters

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388955%3A_____%2F25%3A00618683" target="_blank" >RIV/61388955:_____/25:00618683 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0365507" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0365507</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c07577" target="_blank" >10.1021/acscatal.4c07577</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Low-Temperature Direct Oxidation of Propane to Propylene Oxide Using Supported Subnanometer Cu Clusters

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Propylene oxide, a key commodity of the chemical industry for a wide range of consumer products, is synthesized through sequential propane dehydrogenation and epoxidation reactions. However, the lack of a direct catalytic route from propane to propylene oxide reduces efficiency and represents a major challenge for catalysis science. Herein, we report the discovery of a highly active and selective catalyst, made of alumina-supported subnanometer copper clusters, which can directly convert propane to propylene oxide at temperatures as low as 150 degrees C. Moreover, at higher temperatures, on the same catalysts, the selectivity is switched to propylene. Accompanying theoretical calculations indicate that partially oxidized and/or hydroxylated clusters have low activation energies for both propane dehydrogenation and propylene epoxidation pathways, enabling direct conversion with very high selectivity for propylene oxide. The discovery of a low-temperature catalyst that can convert propane directly to propylene oxide provides an important opportunity for the development of energy-efficient and economic catalysts for this industrially critical process. Similarly, when operating at higher temperatures, these catalysts are posed as potent oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Low-Temperature Direct Oxidation of Propane to Propylene Oxide Using Supported Subnanometer Cu Clusters

Popis výsledku anglicky

Propylene oxide, a key commodity of the chemical industry for a wide range of consumer products, is synthesized through sequential propane dehydrogenation and epoxidation reactions. However, the lack of a direct catalytic route from propane to propylene oxide reduces efficiency and represents a major challenge for catalysis science. Herein, we report the discovery of a highly active and selective catalyst, made of alumina-supported subnanometer copper clusters, which can directly convert propane to propylene oxide at temperatures as low as 150 degrees C. Moreover, at higher temperatures, on the same catalysts, the selectivity is switched to propylene. Accompanying theoretical calculations indicate that partially oxidized and/or hydroxylated clusters have low activation energies for both propane dehydrogenation and propylene epoxidation pathways, enabling direct conversion with very high selectivity for propylene oxide. The discovery of a low-temperature catalyst that can convert propane directly to propylene oxide provides an important opportunity for the development of energy-efficient and economic catalysts for this industrially critical process. Similarly, when operating at higher temperatures, these catalysts are posed as potent oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EH22_008%2F0004558" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004558: Pokročilé víceškálové materiály pro nosné klíčové technologie</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ACS Catalysis

ISSN

2155-5435

e-ISSN

2155-5435

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

7

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

5760-5769

Kód UT WoS článku

001450950600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105000704930