Highly efficient Bi-promoted ZrO2-based materials for non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation

The presence of Bi 2 O 3 in the lattice or on the surface of ZrO 2 -based materials provokes creation of coordinatively unsaturated Zr 4+ cations under reductive conditions. Such sites are catalytically active for non-oxidative dehydrogenation of propane.