Abstract
A liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) is an interesting concept for hydrogen storage. We describe herein a new, active catalyst system for dehydrogenation of perhydrogenated dibenzyl toluene (H18-DBT), which is a promising LOHC candidate. Pt supported on a rutile-anatase form of titania was found to be more active than Pt supported on anatase-only titania, or on alumina, and almost equally active as Pt supported on carbon. Robust and durable metal oxide supports are preferred for catalysing reactions at high temperatures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1657-1660 |
| Journal | Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 7 Feb 2020 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
We gratefully acknowledge funding from Business Finland (No. 1508/31/2017) and industrial partners within the LOHC-NESS project. We thank Mikko Heikkiläfor XRD analyses, and the Electron Microscopy unit at the University of Helsinki for TEM instrument access.
