Photothermal catalytic CO2 oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene over BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocatalysts†
Zhen-Hong He,Bao-Ting Wu,Zhong-Yu Wang,Shao-Yan Yang,Kuan Wang,Jiao-Jiao Shi,Meng-Xin He,Weitao Wang
Green Chemistry Pub Date : 08/26/2022 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D2GC02571J
Abstract

CO2 oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (CO2-ODHP) is a strategy of “two birds with one stone” to synthesize propylene and utilize CO2. However, the reaction is always conducted at high temperatures (>550 °C). In the present work, we have for the first time conducted the reaction at 270 °C under photothermal conditions over several BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocatalysts. Among them, the BiOI nanosheet catalyst exhibited the highest C3H6 formation activity of 282.6 μmol gcat−1 h−1 with 89% selectivity. The lattice oxygen species on the catalyst could catalyze propane dehydrogenation to propylene, and simultaneously, oxygen vacancies were formed. The oxygen vacancies are responsible for CO2 reduction to CO. In addition, the catalyst is facet-dependent, and the (001) facets are more active than the (110) facets. The present work successfully verifies the feasibility of photothermal catalytic CO2-ODHP over BiOI nanosheets and also provides a new insight to construct other facet-dependent dual-functional redox catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Photothermal catalytic CO2 oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene over BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocatalysts