Methane to Methanol Conversion on Cu-SSZ-13, -SSZ-16 and -SSZ-39

2015-06-14
İpek Torun, Bahar
Teketel, Shewangizaw
Smith, Joseph P
Booksh, Karl S
Lobo, Raul F
Direct and selective conversion of methane to methanol is a challenging reaction due to the inherent stability of methane [1]. It is known that methane can be converted to methanol on Cu-ZSM-5 and Cu- mordenite zeolites in a batch process [2-4], but the highest reported yield is only 13µmol methanol/gzeolite [5]. The reactive copper species on Cu-ZSM-5 was found to be a mono-μ-oxo-dicopper complex ([Cu–O–Cu]2+) based on an absorption feature at 22,700 cm-1 in UV–vis spectra [3,5] and several unique features in resonanceenhanced Raman spectra [6]. This species is reported to form in O2 at high temperatures (380- 450°C) [3]. We investigated conversion of methane to methanol on copper (II)-exchanged small-pore (8- membered ring) zeolites; Cu-SSZ-13 (CHA), Cu-SSZ-16 (AFX) and Cu-SSZ-39 (AEI). All the samples were active for the formation of methanol. The materials were characterized with UV– vis and Raman spectroscopy after O2 treatment to understand the structure of the reactive copper species.

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Citation Formats
B. İpek Torun, S. Teketel, J. P. Smith, K. S. Booksh, and R. F. Lobo, “Methane to Methanol Conversion on Cu-SSZ-13, -SSZ-16 and -SSZ-39,” 2015, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78760.