Progress in Developing a Structure-Activity Relationship for the Direct Aromatization of Methane

Ina Vollmer, Irina Yarulina, Freek Kapteijn, Jorge Gascon*

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Abstract

To secure future supply of aromatics, methane is a commercially interesting alternative feedstock. Direct conversion of methane into aromatics combines the challenge of activating one of the strongest C-H bonds in all hydrocarbons with the selective aromatization over zeolites. To address these challenges, smart catalyst and process design are a must. And for that, understanding the most important factors leading to successful methane C-H bond activation and selective aromatization is needed. In this review, we summarize mechanistic insight that has been gained so far not only for this reaction, but also for other similar processes involving aromatization reactions over zeolites. With that, we highlight what can be learnt from similar processes. In addition, we provide an overview of characterization tools and strategies, which are useful to gain structural information about this particular metal-zeolite system at reaction conditions. Here we also aim to inspire future characterization work, by giving an outlook on characterization strategies that have not yet been applied for the methane dehydroaromatization catalyst, but are promising for this system.

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages15
JournalChemCatChem
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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Keywords

  • Dehydroaromatization
  • Methane activation
  • Mo-ZSM-5
  • Spectroscopy
  • Zeolite catalysis

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