Dangsheng Su, Nanodiamond and its derivatives for cat

Dangsheng Su

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, China

 

Nanodiamonds (ND) are commercially available by detonation of explosives under oxygen-deficient conditions. The structure of these particles is a crystalline sp2 -bonded diamond core, surrounded by few layers of disordered sp2 /sp3 carbon, resulting in a variety of oxygen terminations on dangling bonds and defects on surface. The chemical nature of ND surface can be tailored by the surface sp /sp hybridization state, defect and decoration with various heteroatom functionalities. We have used surface-modified ND as catalyst and catalyst support for heterogeneous catalytic reactions that show unusual performance. For oxidative dehydrogenation of n-butane, the ND exhibited superior performance than other nanocarbon materials. ND also showed better performance in direct dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene to styrene; Nitrogen and boron doped annealed ND is also electro-active for ORR, but the performance is still needed to be optimized. The state-of-the-art of ND catalysis will be presented with an outlook for practical application.

Plenary lectures - YUCOMAT 2016

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