Oxidation Catalysis of Crystalline Mo3VOx for the Selective Oxidation of Ethane

Satoshi Ishikawa*, Kosuke Shimoda, Takashi Kamachi, Nagisa Aoki, Takeshi Hagiwara, Atsushi Urakawa, Wataru Ueda*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) is an essential reaction in modern society to produce ethylene. The orthorhombic Mo3VOx catalyst (MoVO) was reported as one of the best catalysts for this reaction after a particular redox treatment to generate lattice oxygen defects. This study elucidates the location and nature of the defect sites as well as how molecular oxygen is activated toward the ODHE. The insights into the active site formation and guidelines for its design were gained through structural characterization, quantification of oxygen defects, and experimental and theoretical investigation of the reaction mechanisms. Peroxo formed at the defect sites of the bridging oxygen facing the heptagonal channel was found to drive the reaction efficiently.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15526-15534
Number of pages9
JournalACS Catalysis
Volume13
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

  • active oxygen species
  • crystalline MoVO
  • micropore
  • oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane
  • reaction mechanism

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