The Role of CO2 in Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation Reaction over a Mesoporous Ceria Catalyst

Zhang, Li

Thursday, June 18, 2015: 3:40 PM

301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Li Zhang¹, Zili Wu¹, Steven H. Overbury¹, Nicholas Nelson², Aaron Sadow² and Igor Slowing³, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, (2)Iowa State University, USA, (3)Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University, USA.

A mesoporous ceria material synthesized via a template-assisted synthesis method could be a good catalyst for ODH reaction of EB to produce ST by using CO₂ as a soft oxidant. CO₂ not only favors the EB ODH reaction but also inhibits coke formation during the EB ODH reaction.

Extended Abstracts:

Abstract Zhang EB ODH over m CeO2 NACS 2015 v2.pdf (118.4KB) - Extended Abstract

O-Th-301-15 The Role of CO2 in Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation Reaction over a Mesoporous Ceria Catalyst