Cobaltosilicate zeolite beyond platinum catalysts for propane dehydrogenation

Hang Zhou; Huan Li; Liang Wang; Shengqi Chu; Lujie Liu; Lu Liu; Jizhen Qi; Zhouhong Ren; Anyu Cai; Yu Hui; Yucai Qin; Lijuan Song; Xuedi Qin; Jiaqi Shi; Jue Hou; Yongqi Ding; Jiabi Ma; Shaodan Xu; Xin Tao; Lina Li; Qi Yang; Bingwen Hu; Xi Liu; Liwei Chen; Jianping Xiao; Feng Shou Xiao

doi:10.1038/s41929-025-01320-x

Cobaltosilicate zeolite beyond platinum catalysts for propane dehydrogenation

Hang Zhou
, Huan Li
, Liang Wang^*
, Shengqi Chu
, Lujie Liu
, Lu Liu
, Jizhen Qi
, Zhouhong Ren
, Anyu Cai
, Yu Hui
, Yucai Qin
, Lijuan Song
, Xuedi Qin
, Jiaqi Shi
, Jue Hou
, Yongqi Ding
, Jiabi Ma
, Shaodan Xu
, Xin Tao
, Lina Li

Qi Yang, Bingwen Hu, Xi Liu^*, Liwei Chen, Jianping Xiao^*, Feng Shou Xiao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Zhejiang University
CAS - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
CAS - Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Liaoning Petrochemical University
Beijing Institute of Technology
Hangzhou Dianzi University
CAS - Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
East China Normal University
Ningxia University

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Abstract

Propane dehydrogenation has been used industrially as a non-oil-based propylene production process, but it strongly depends on precious-metal catalysts such as supported Pt materials, which dominate most propane dehydrogenation processes currently used in industry. Catalysts with earth-abundant metals have been explored with a view to replacing Pt, but their performances remain inadequate. Here we report a cobaltosilicate zeolite catalyst, which has solely tetrahedral cobalt sites and none of the unstable cobalt species in the zeolite crystals that are characteristic of conventional cobaltosilicate materials. This catalyst exhibits properties that could be attractive for industrial application, including sufficient propylene productivity, high stability and facile regenerability. Moreover, this system outperforms the benchmark supported Pt–Sn catalysts under equivalent conditions. (Figure presented.)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-367
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nature Catalysis
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-025-01320-x
Publication status	Published - Apr 2025

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