The last few years have witnessed a wonderful technological renaissance that boosted the development of carbon-based nanomaterials doped with light-heteroelements and featured by hierarchical porous architectures as unique catalytic materials for promoting a number of key industrial transformations. With a styrene (ST) global demand approaching 25 million tons per year, the ethylbenzene (EB) dehydrogenation to ST is nowadays one of the most challenging processes at the core of polymer synthesis. This contribution aims at shedding light on the complex puzzle of physicochemical and morphological properties of carbon nanomaterials as metal-free catalysts for the process, featured by unique activity, selectivity and stability on stream.
Unravelling Surface Basicity and Bulk Morphology on Metal-free Carbon-based Catalysts with Unique Dehydrogenation Performance
Tuci Giulia;Rossin Andrea;Luconi Lapo;Giambastiani Giuliano
2017
Abstract
The last few years have witnessed a wonderful technological renaissance that boosted the development of carbon-based nanomaterials doped with light-heteroelements and featured by hierarchical porous architectures as unique catalytic materials for promoting a number of key industrial transformations. With a styrene (ST) global demand approaching 25 million tons per year, the ethylbenzene (EB) dehydrogenation to ST is nowadays one of the most challenging processes at the core of polymer synthesis. This contribution aims at shedding light on the complex puzzle of physicochemical and morphological properties of carbon nanomaterials as metal-free catalysts for the process, featured by unique activity, selectivity and stability on stream.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
