Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (8): 714-716.

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Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene over Mesoporous Ni-Based Catalysts

LI Jianhui, LI Rengui, WANG Caicai, HUANG Chuanjing*, WENG Weizheng, WAN Huilin*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
  • Received:2009-08-25 Online:2009-08-25 Published:2013-05-16

Abstract: Mesoporous NiO and NiMgO catalysts showed higher ethylene selectivity than the nano-sized NiO at the same ethane conversion. On meso-NiMgO, an ethylene yield of 30.1% was obtained at 450 °C, much higher than the best obtained with nano-NiO (15.9%) or meso-NiO (22.5%).

Key words: nickel-based catalyst, mesoporous material, magnesium, ethane, oxidative dehydrogenation, ethylene