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Cover Feature: Highly Selective Carbon‐Supported Boron for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane (ChemCatChem 16/2021)
Author(s) -
Mark Lesli O.,
Dorn Rick W.,
McDermott William P.,
Agbi Theodore O.,
Altvater Natalie R.,
Jansen Jacob,
LebrónRodríguez Edgard A.,
Cendejas Melissa C.,
Rossini Aaron J.,
Hermans Ive
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.202101095
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , catalysis , boron , propane , boron nitride , raman spectroscopy , materials science , inorganic chemistry , boron oxide , vanadium , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , chemistry , heterogeneous catalysis , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , physics , engineering , optics
The Cover Feature shows “The Catalyst Store” that contains a variety of catalysts used in important chemical transformations. In the foreground is the shelf housing oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts, featuring the exciting new boron‐based catalysts as well as traditional vanadium oxide‐based catalysts. Top‐shelf options are the highly‐selective h‐BN and the newly described B/C – an equally selective, higher performing, and less expensive ODH catalyst that h‐BN. In their Full Paper, L. O. Mark, R. W. Dorn et al. show that oxidized activated carbon‐supported boron (B/OAC) exhibits higher performance for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of propane than the benchmark hexagonal boron nitride. XPS, IR, Raman and solid‐state NMR spectroscopies revealed the presence of clustered oxidized/hydrolyzed boron on the surface of the support. The high performance of B/OAC opens the door for investigation of other surface modified supports for next generation ODH catalysis. More information can be found in the Full Paper by L. O. Mark, R. W. Dorn et al.