Thermal Non‐Oxidative Aromatization of Light Alkanes Catalyzed by Gallium Nitride |
| |
| Authors: | Dr Lu Li Xiaoyue Mu Wenbo Liu Xianghua Kong Shizhao Fan Prof Dr Zetian Mi Prof Dr Chao‐Jun Li |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry and FQRNT Center for Green Chemistry and Catalysis (CCVC), McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8 (Canada);2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 3480 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0E9 (Canada);3. Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montréal, QC, H3A 2T8 (Canada) |
| |
| Abstract: | The thermal catalytic activity of GaN in non‐oxidative alkane dehydroaromatization has been discovered for the first time. The origin of the catalytic activity was studied experimentally and theoretically. Commercially available GaN powders with a wurtzite crystal structure showed superior stability and reactivity for converting light alkanes, including methane, propane, n‐butane, n‐hexane and cyclohexane into benzene at an elevated temperature with high selectivity. The catalyst is highly robust and can be used repeatedly without noticeable deactivation. |
| |
| Keywords: | alkanes C H activation density functional calculations gallium heterogeneous catalysis |
|
|
