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Novel and Effective Copper–Aluminum Propane Dehydrogenation Catalysts
Author(s) -
Schäferhans Jana,
GómezQuero Santiago,
Andreeva Daria V.,
Rothenberg Gadi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201102580
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , propane , copper , aluminium , catalysis , materials science , inorganic chemistry , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry
No platinum needed! A Cu–Al bimetallic oxide “sponge” is reported that outperforms conventional noble metal catalysts in propane dehydrogenation. This catalyst gives higher conversions even when the temperature is 200 °C lower than the optimal temperature for the benchmark Pt–Sn/Al 2 O 3 catalyst.