Optimization of the performance of bulk NiO catalyst in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane by tuning the synthesis parameters

[EN] Highly stable and selective bulk NiO catalysts have been synthesized for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethane to ethylene. Interestingly, by optimizing synthesis parameters such as the amount of oxalic acid in the synthesis gel and the calcination temperature, undoped NiO catalysts hav...

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Autores: Abdelbaki, Yousra, De Arriba-Mateos, Agustín, Issaadi, Rachid, Sánchez Tovar, Rita, Solsona, Benjamín, López Nieto, José Manuel|||0000-0002-6960-3219
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/197575
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/197575
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:ODH ethane
NiO
Oxalic acid
Calcination temperature
Electrophilic oxygen
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Resumo:[EN] Highly stable and selective bulk NiO catalysts have been synthesized for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethane to ethylene. Interestingly, by optimizing synthesis parameters such as the amount of oxalic acid in the synthesis gel and the calcination temperature, undoped NiO catalysts have shown a consistent selectivity to ethylene of ca. 75%. The optimal catalyst requires the presence of a certain amount of oxalic acid in the synthesis gel and a final calcination at low temperatures (i.e. 350 ¿C). These catalysts have been deeply characterized by means of XRD, TPR, HRTEM, Raman and UV¿vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopies, XPS and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy measurements and tested in the ethane ODH. A novel electrochemical study has been undertaken, showing the p-character of all the NiO catalysts synthesized but differing in their capacitance values and density of cationic vacancies. The catalytic performance of NiO catalysts has been explained in terms of the different physicochemical properties (including changes in the number of vacancies) of the samples and the isolation of electrophilic oxygen species.