Predicting the catalytic performance of Nb-doped nickel oxide catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane by knowing their electrochemical properties

In the present article, a relationship between the catalytic performance in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) for Nb-doped NiO catalysts and their electrochemical properties has been proposed. To do so, highly stable and selective Nb-doped NiO catalysts for the ODHE to ethylene have bee...

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Autores: Sánchez Tovar, Rita, De Arriba, Agustín, Abdelbaki, Yousra, García González, Esther, Fernández Domene, Ramón, Solsona, Benjamín, López Nieto, Jose M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/112915
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112915
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:546
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Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane
Electrochemical properties
Nb-doped NiO catalysts
Preparation procedure
n-type conductivity
Química inorgánica (Química)
Materiales
Ingeniería química
23 Química
2303 Química Inorgánica
2307 Química Física
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Sumario:In the present article, a relationship between the catalytic performance in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODHE) for Nb-doped NiO catalysts and their electrochemical properties has been proposed. To do so, highly stable and selective Nb-doped NiO catalysts for the ODHE to ethylene have been synthesized by optimizing synthesis parameters such as the amount of oxalic acid in the synthesis gel and the calcination temperature. These catalysts have been characterized by means of XRD, HRTEM, Raman and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopies, TPR and XPS. Moreover, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), capacitance measurements (Mott-Schottky analysis) and cyclic voltammetries studies were also carried out. Electrochemical characterization indicates changes in the type of semiconductivity: p-type for samples calcined at 350 C and the sample prepared in the absence of oxalic acid and calcined at 500 C, to n-type for samples prepared in the presence of oxalic acid in the synthesis gel and calcined at 500 C. According to the obtained results, the most selective catalysts present a low Nb incorporation on the NiO lattice with a large amount of tiny Nb2O5 nanoparticles covering NiO crystallites. This work presents, for the first time, a complete electrochemical characterization of Nb-doped NiO catalysts showing a correlation between electrochemical properties and catalytic performance.