Our paper reporting dehydrogenation of lower alkanes by supported Pt-Sn alloy catalysts was accepted in Journal of Catalysis (Elsevier).
「Elucidating strong metal-support interactions in Pt-Sn/SiO2 catalyst and its consequences for dehydrogenation of lower alkanes」.
Deng, Lidan; Miura, Hiroki; Shishido, Tetsuya; Wang, Zheng; Hosokawa, Saburo; Teramura, Kentaro; Tanaka, Tsunehiro
Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 365, 277-291 DOI:10.1016/j.jcat.2018.06.028
The dehydrogenation of lower alkanes was investigated on Pt-Sn/SiO2 catalysts prepared by impregnation with different thermal treatments. The treatment atmosphere played an important role in both the catalytic performance and the catalyst structure. An ensemble containing several adjacent Pt and Sn atoms from Pt-SnO2 or Pt-Sn alloy nanoparticles acts as the active site for dehydrogenation of lower alkanes, which can be respectively induced by treatment in an inert atmosphere (N2) or reductive atmosphere (H2) at high temperature.
