Study on the reducible metal oxide carriers to regulate the catalytic reaction performance of CO2 with ethane

Aiming at the resource utilization of CO 2 and the value-added catalytic conversion of ethane, different reducibility oxide carriers were used to study. Through catalytic reaction experiments, catalyst characterization and kinetic analysis , the interaction between reducible carriers and active metals and their regulation on the catalytic reaction performance of ethane with CO 2 were revealed. Fe 1.5 Ni 0.5 /CeO 2 has the highest ethylene selectivity of 87% near 650 °C, and is a good catalyst for the CO 2 -assisted ethane oxidative dehydrogenation to ethylene reaction. The strong interaction between the reducible CeO 2 and ZrO 2 carriers and active metals makes the Fe–O–Ce and Fe–O–Zr covalent bonds on the Fe 1.5 Ni 0.5 /CeO 2 and Fe 1.5 Ni 0.5 /ZrO 2 catalysts stronger than Fe–O–Ti and Fe–O–Al covalent bonds on Fe 1.5 Ni 0.5 /TiO 2 and Fe 1.5 Ni 0.5 /γ-Al 2 O 3 catalysts. The lattice oxygen on the reducible catalyst is more readily involved in the reaction. The strong interaction between the active metal and the carrier results in the reduction of the FeO x species and the formation of new active sites, resulting in a high reactivity of the catalyst. The mutually promoted redox cycle between the active species Fe 3+/2+ -Ni 2+/0 and the reducible carrier variable metal Ce 4+/3+ species improves the catalytic performance for the reaction of ethane awith CO 2 .