This review provides an overview of metal-based catalysts, including Pt-, Pd-, Rh- and Ni-based bimetallic catalysts for non-oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes to olefins.
Metal-free boron- and carbon-based catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of light alkanes is reviewed from the preparation methods, characterization, catalytic performance and mechanistic issues.
The oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) reaction mechanism of ethane and propane catalyzed by two kinds of oxygen-species-terminated BN materials, namely BN nanotubes and h-BN, was studied by the B3LYP-D3 functional with the 6-31G(d,p) basis set.