With regard to the application in a microstructured reactor, a special VOx/Al2O3 catalyst powder (3 μm) was prepared and characterised by BET, XRD, UV/Vis DRS, and Raman spectroscopy. The higher the vanadium content, the higher the degree of polymerisation of the vanadium species on the support surface and the lower the BET surface area. Pelletised powders were tested in conventional tubular re...

Abstract The catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) is a challenging reaction due to facile competing overoxidation CO x . gaseous disulfur molecule, S 2 , isoelectronic with O and has been shown act as an alternative, “soft oxidant” for the analogous process (SODHP) over bulk metal sulfide catalysts. However, these catalysts suffer from low surface areas ill‐defined active sites...

Bulk boron materials, such as hexagonal nitride (h-BN), are highly selective catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP). Previous attempts to improve productivity these systems involved immobilization on silica and resulted in less catalysts. Here, we report that acid-treated, activated carbon-supported prepared via incipient wetness impregnation with boric acid (B/OAC) exhib...