title: Unexpectedly high activity of bare alumina for non-oxidative isobutane dehydrogenation.
abstract: Bare alumina shows surprisingly high activity in non-oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutane to isobutylene. The activity is related to surface coordinatively unsaturated Al sites (Alcus), which are created upon removal of OH groups during alumina treatment at high temperatures. Alcusand neighbouring lattice oxygen represent the active site for isobutane dehydrogenation.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29 A, D-18059 Rostock, Germany. uwe.rodemerck@catalysis.de evgenii.kondratenko@catalysis.de.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rodemerck
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29 A, D-18059 Rostock, Germany. uwe.rodemerck@catalysis.de evgenii.kondratenko@catalysis.de.
authors.forename: Evgenii V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kondratenko
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29 A, D-18059 Rostock, Germany. uwe.rodemerck@catalysis.de evgenii.kondratenko@catalysis.de.
authors.forename: Tatyana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otroshchenko
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29 A, D-18059 Rostock, Germany. uwe.rodemerck@catalysis.de evgenii.kondratenko@catalysis.de.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Linke