Journal Article

PUBDB-2026-00817

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Mixed-valence $Co^{0/II}O_x$ clusters on silicalite-1 facilitate propane dehydrogenation to propene

Zhang, Q.Extern* ; Li, Y. ; Tian, X. ; Kondratenko, V. A. ; Fedorova, E. A.Extern* ; Yang, T. ; Ding, X.Extern* ; Doronkin, D. E.Extern* ; Zhao, D. ; Deng, C. ; Chen, H. ; Xu, S. ; Zanina, A. ; Bartling, S.Extern* ; Otroshchenko, T. ; Wang, Y. ; Zhao, Z. ; Xu, C. ; Jiang, G. (Corresponding author) ; Jiao, H. (Corresponding author) ; Kondratenko, E. (Corresponding author)Extern*

2026
Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature [London]

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Abstract: Understanding the nature of active sites in heterogeneous catalysts and how to create them purposefully opens up the possibility of tailored catalyst design. Here we report mixed-valence subnanometre CoOx clusters, consisting of a few metallic Co⁰ atoms on top of Co²⁺, bound to a silicalite-1 support through lattice oxygen atoms as active species for non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation (PDH) to propene. Compared with commercial-like PtSn/Al₂O₃ and K-CrOx/Al₂O₃ catalysts also tested in the present study, as well as other state-of-the-art Pt- or Co-containing PDH catalysts, this system showed high on-stream stability, propene productivity and selectivity at close-to-equilibrium propane conversion. Moreover, it showed durability in a series of PDH/regeneration cycles between 500 and 550 °C. The performance of this catalyst system is industrially attractive in terms of propene production costs, as suggested by our initial techno-economic assessment.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. DOOR-User (DOOR ; HAS-User)
2. Experimentebetreuung PETRA III (FS-PET-S)

Research Program(s):

1. 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) (POF4-6G3)
2. FS-Proposal: I-20230372 (I-20230372) (I-20230372)
3. FS-Proposal: I-20240852 (I-20240852) (I-20240852)

Experiment(s):

1. PETRA Beamline P65 (PETRA III)

Appears in the scientific report 2026

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