@article{049dde18b07348fabf4c185693ff16c7,
title = "Bimetallic NiCu catalysts supported on a Metal-Organic framework for Non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation",
abstract = "Non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation is a promising route to produce acetaldehyde and hydrogen from sustainable feedstock. Bimetallic NiCu catalysts have shown high efficiency and selectivity for this chemical transformation. In this study, we leverage the high porosity and uniform catalyst deposition sites on a Zr-based metal–organic framework (MOF) catalyst support, NU-1000, to understand how the changes in Cu:Ni ratio affects the reactivity for non-oxidative ethanol dehydrogenation. We found that increasing the Ni2+ concentration significantly reduces the activation energy of the reaction due to the role of Ni2+ in suppressing the onset of Cu reduction. This study illustrates how MOFs can be used as catalyst supports to fine-tune the catalyst compositions and understand their effect on the overall catalytic performances.",
keywords = "Ethanol dehydrogenation, Heterogeneous catalysis, Metal–organic frameworks, Structural–functional relationship",
author = "Qining Wang and Duan, {Jiaxin “Dawn”} and Timothy Goetjen and Joseph Hupp and Justin Notestein",
note = "Funding Information: This work was initially supported as part of the Inorganometallic Catalyst Design Center, an EFRC funded by the DOE, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0012702), and subsequently as part of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center EFRC (DE-SC0023383). This work made use of the J. B. Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility supported by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center of Northwestern University. This work made use of the EPIC and Keck-II facilities of the NUANCE Center at Northwestern University, which has received support from the Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource (NSF NNCI-1542205); the MRSEC program (NSF DMR-1121262) at the Materials Research Center; the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN); the Keck Foundation; and the State of Illinois, through the IIN. The REACT Core facility acknowledges funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis Science program used for the purchase of the Nicolet 6700 FT-IR (DE-FG02-03ER15457) and BenchCAT reactor system (DE-SC0001329). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.jcat.2023.04.007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "422",
pages = "86--98",
journal = "Journal of Catalysis",
issn = "0021-9517",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}