Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 870-876.doi: 10.1007/s40242-023-3063-8

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Zeolite-encaged Ultrasmall Pt-Zn Species with Trace Amount of Pt for Efficient Propane Dehydrogenation

QU Ziqiang1, ZHANG Tianjun2, YIN Xichen1, ZHANG Junyi3, XIONG Xiaoyun4, and SUN Qiming1   

  1. 1. Innovation Center for Chemical Science, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China;
    2. College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P.R. China;
    3. PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China;
    4. Lanzhou Petrochemical Research Center, Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China
  • Received:2023-03-06 Online:2023-12-01 Published:2023-11-18
  • Contact: SUN Qiming E-mail:sunqiming@suda.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2022YFA1506000), the Technology Development Project from SINOPEC (No.LZSH-2022-JS-81), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (No.BK20210698), the Jiangsu Distinguished Professor Program, China and the Gusu Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leading Talents Program, China (No.ZXL2022497).

Abstract: Propane dehydrogenation (PDH) has become a globe- welcoming technology to meet the massive demand for propylene, but the most commonly used Pt-based catalysts suffer from quick sintering, poor selectivity for propylene, and unsatisfied Pt utilization. Herein, a series of Silicalite-1 (S-1) zeolite- encaged ultrasmall Pt-Zn clusters with a trace amount of Pt [40— 180 ppm (parts per million)] were developed by using a one-pot ligand-protected direct H2 reduction method. Interestingly, the extremely low amount of Pt can significantly promote the activity of zeolite-encaged Zn catalysts in PDH reactions. Thanks to the high Pt dispersion, the synergy between Pt and Zn species, and the confinement effect of zeolites, the optimized PtZn@S-1 catalyst with 180 ppm Pt and 1.88% (mass fraction) Zn, exhibited an extraordinarily high propane conversion (33.9%) and propylene selectivity (99.5%) at 550 ℃ with a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 8 h-1, affording an extremely high propylene formation rate of 340.7 molC3H6·gPt-1·h-1. This work provides a reference for the preparation of zeolite-encaged metal catalysts with high activity and noble metal utilization in PDH reactions.

Key words: Propane dehydrogenation, Zeolite, Confinement effect, Bimetallic catalyst, Pt-Zn