Process of converting ethylbenzene to styrene using a graphite nanocatalysts
AssigneeCatalytic Materials, LLC
InventorsMihai Polverejan, Christopher Marotta, R. Terry K. Baker
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Abstract
Novel catalysts comprised of graphitic nanostructures. The graphitic nanostructure catalysts are suitable for catalyzing reactions such as oxidation, hydrogenation, oxidative-hydrogenation, and dehydrogenation.
Claims5
A catalytic process for converting ethylbenzene to styrene which process comprises contacting ethylbenzene with oxygen at a temperature from about 400° C. to about 575° C. in the presence of a catalyst composition comprised of graphitic nanostructures which nanostructures are comprised of a plurality of graphite platelets aligned parallel, perpendicular, or at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the nanostructure and wherein at least about 50% of the edge sites of said nanostructures are exposed, to produce a product containing styrene having a yield of at least 23.5 weight by percent.
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