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Catalytic Performances of Co/TiO2 Catalysts in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene: Effect of CoTiO3 and Co2TiO4 Phases Formation

Hanane Mahir
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Younes Brik
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Abdallah Benzaouak
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Eleonora La Greca
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Luca Consentino
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Adnane El Hamidi
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Mohamed Kacimi
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Leonarda Francesca Liotta
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Version 1 : Received: 3 June 2023 / Approved: 5 June 2023 / Online: 5 June 2023 (04:19:51 CEST)

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Mahir, H.; Brik, Y.; Benzaouak, A.; La Greca, E.; Consentino, L.; Kacimi, M.; El Hamidi, A.; Liotta, L.F. Catalytic Performances of Co/TiO2 Catalysts in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene: Effect of CoTiO3 and Co2TiO4 Phase Formation. Chemistry 2023, 5, 1518-1534. Mahir, H.; Brik, Y.; Benzaouak, A.; La Greca, E.; Consentino, L.; Kacimi, M.; El Hamidi, A.; Liotta, L.F. Catalytic Performances of Co/TiO2 Catalysts in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene: Effect of CoTiO3 and Co2TiO4 Phase Formation. Chemistry 2023, 5, 1518-1534.

Abstract

Co/TiO2 catalysts with different cobalt loadings (3.8, 7.5 and 15 wt%) were prepared by impreg-nation method of Co(NO3)2 .6H2O over titania. Samples containing Co(NO3)2 .6H2O and TiO2 in stoichiometric proportions in order to obtain CoTiO3 and Co2 TiO4 phases were also synthesized. The effect of the calcination treatment at two different temperatures, 550 and 1150 °C was investigated. Characterizations by several techniques, such as XRD UV-vis-NIR, DRS, Raman and XPS were carried out. XRD showed the coexistence of three phases: CoTiO3; Co2TiO4 and Co3O4 after calci-nation at 550°C, while the calcination at high temperature (1150°C) leads to single-phase systems (CoTiO3 or Co2TiO4). Diffuse reflection and XPS spectroscopy showed that divalent cobalt occupies octahedral sites in the ilmenite phase and both tetrahedral and octahedral sites in the spinel phase. The catalytic performances of the prepared catalysts, calcined at the two different temperatures, were evaluated in the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction (ODH) of ethane to ethylene. The con-version values were almost comparable for all the samples, calcined at 550 °C, and comparable the ethylene selectivity were recorded, slightly higher only in the case of CoTiO3. The calcination at 1150°C did not modify the overall activity (ethane conversion values around 20%), however, the production of COx becomes more significant. The study examined the influence of the reaction mixture composition, specifically the presence of water, and reveals a slight increase in the yield of ethylene accompanied by a decrease in the overall catalyst activity. This behavior is likely attributed to an increase in the surface concentration of hydroxyl species (OH), resulting in heightened surface acidity.

Keywords

ODH; cobalt titanate; ethane; oxidative dehydrogenation

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Other

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