Non-precious bimetallic catalysts for selective dehydrogenation of an organic chemical hydride system

• DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04016g
• Publication Date: 2015-07-06T11:07:05Z
• Authors: Anaam H. Al-Shaik...; Abdesslem Jedidi; Luigi Cavallo; Kazuhiro Takanabe
• Keywords: Methylcyclohexane; Bimetallic strip; Precious metal

Methylcyclohexane (MCH)-toluene (TOL) chemical hydride cycles as hydrogen carrier systems are successful with the selective dehydrogenation of MCH to TOL, which has been achieved only using precious Pt-based catalysts. Herein, we report improved selectivity non-precious metal nickel-based bimetallic catalysts, where second occupies unselective step sites.