Photo-fluorination of nanodiamonds catalyzing oxidative dehydrogenation reaction of ethylbenzene

Zhishan Luo, Qiang Wan, Zhiyang Yu, Sen Lin, Zailai Xie () and Xinchen Wang ()
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Zhishan Luo: Fuzhou University
Qiang Wan: Fuzhou University
Zhiyang Yu: Fuzhou University
Sen Lin: Fuzhou University
Zailai Xie: Fuzhou University
Xinchen Wang: Fuzhou University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Styrene is one of the most important industrial monomers and is traditionally synthesized via the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene. Here, we report a photo-induced fluorination technique to generate an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst through the controlled grafting of fluorine atoms on nanodiamonds. The obtained catalyst has a fabulous performance with ethylbenzene conversion reaching 70% as well as styrene yields of 63% and selectivity over 90% on a stream of 400 °C, which outperforms other equivalent benchmarks as well as the industrial K−Fe catalysts (with a styrene yield of 50% even at a much higher temperature of ca. 600 °C). Moreover, the yield of styrene remains above 50% after a 500 h test. Experimental characterizations and density functional theory calculations reveal that the fluorine functionalization not only promotes the conversion of sp3 to sp2 carbon to generate graphitic layers but also stimulates and increases the active sites (ketonic C=O). This photo-induced surface fluorination strategy facilitates innovative breakthroughs on the carbocatalysis for the oxidative dehydrogenation of other arenes.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26891-8

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