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Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Reactivity of a Nanodiamond in the Steam-Free Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene†

  1. Prof. Jian Zhang 1,2,
  2. Prof. Dang Sheng Su 1,2,
  3. Raoul Blume2,
  4. Prof. Robert Schlögl2,
  5. Dr. Rui Wang1,
  6. Prof. Xiangguang Yang3,
  7. Dr. Andreja Gajović4

Article first published online: 1 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201002869

Issue

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 49, Issue 46, pages 8640–8644, November 8, 2010

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How to Cite

Zhang , J., Su , D. S., Blume, R., Schlögl, R., Wang, R., Yang, X. and Gajović, A. (2010), Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Reactivity of a Nanodiamond in the Steam-Free Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49: 8640–8644. doi: 10.1002/anie.201002869

Author Information

  1. 1

    Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016 (China)

  2. 2

    Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4–6, Berlin 14195 (Germany), Fax: (+49) 30-8413-4401

  3. 3

    State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (China)

  4. 4

    Molecular Physics Laboratory, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb (Croatia)

  1. †

    We thank the European Union (CANAPE project), the Max Planck Society (EnerChem project), and the Croatian Ministry of Science Education and Sport (098-0982904-2898) for financial support. J. Zhang thanks NSFC (No. 50921004) and the Institute of Metal Research (O9NBA111A1) for basic funding. We gratefully acknowledge BESSY for XPS tests, J. Kröhnert, D. Wang, Profs. F. Jentoft, F. S. Xiao, M. Muhler, C. Hébert, and P. McGuiness for helpful discussions and assistance.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 NOV 2010
  2. Article first published online: 1 OCT 2010
  3. Manuscript Received: 12 MAY 2010

Funded by

  • European Union
  • Max Planck Society
  • Croatian Ministry of Science Education and Sport. Grant Number: 098-0982904-2898
  • NSFC. Grant Number: 50921004
  • Metal Research. Grant Number: O9NBA111A1

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Keywords:

  • carbon;
  • dehydrogenation;
  • heterogeneous catalysis;
  • nanoparticles
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Hard core: A hybrid catalyst system for dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene comprises nanoparticles consisting of nanodiamond cores and highly curved, defective graphene shells (see picture). The system exhibits high catalytic activity and selectivity over a long period of time. In contrast to industrial K-promoted Fe catalysts, steam decoking of the catalyst is not required.

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