Catalytic Conversion of Light Alkanes
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2021) | Viewed by 272
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; catalytic conversion of light alkanes; noble metal catalyst; oxide and nitride catalyst
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Catalytic conversions of light alkanes into industrial chemicals, such as olefins, aromatics, oxygenates, and organic nitrides, are promising candidates for traditional petroleum-based or coal-based producing routes. In recent years, research enthusiasm in this field has been reignited by the rapid exploration of shale gas, combustible ice, and deep-water gas, which contain a considerable amount of light alkane resources. The main aim of scientists in this field remains to develop active, selective, and stable catalysts that are economical and environmentally friendly. New chemical-synthesizing strategies, structure-tuning methods, and novel catalyst systems are crucial to that end, but atomic-scale knowledge of catalyst structures and molecule-level understanding of reaction processes must be achieved in order to develop active and stable catalysts. Further advances are expected to combine theoretical simulation, spectroscopic characterization, and dynamic analysis to disclose the reaction mechanism under realistic reaction conditions.
This Special Issue aims to report on recent progress and developments in light-alkane-converting catalysts. It will focus on catalyst synthesis and characterization, as well as research into understanding the reaction mechanism of alkane conversion. We invite the scientific community to contribute original research or review articles that explore light-alkane-converting catalysts to optimize catalytic performance.
Prof. Dr. Lei Shi
Prof. Dr. Haibo Zhu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- light alkanes
- catalyst synthesis
- catalytic dehydrogenation
- oxidative dehydrogenation
- selective oxidation
- ammoxidation
- aromatization
