Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 359-364.

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Effects of Li Promoter on the Catalytic Performance of Fe-Li/AC for Ethylben-zene Dehydrogenation in the Presence of CO2

CHEN Shuwei1,2, QIN Zhangfeng1, SUN Ailing1, WANG Jianguo1,*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China; 2College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2009-04-25 Online:2009-04-25 Published:2013-01-21

Abstract: Dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene under CO2 was investigated over the activated carbon-supported iron catalyst with a Li promoter (Fe-Li/AC). The addition of Li greatly improves the catalytic activity of Fe/AC and the coupling effect of CO2 and suppresses the catalyst deactivation for EB dehydrogenation under CO2.

Key words: promoter, lithium, carbon dioxide, iron, activated carbon, ethylbenzene dehydrogenation, styrene, coupling reaction