Abstract
The potential of supported gold catalysts for the
selective gas-phase oxidation of methane to methanol with
molecular oxygen was investigated. A broad range of
supported gold-based catalyst materials was synthesized
using reducible and non-reducible support materials.
Although the formation of small gold nanoparticles was
established for all catalyst materials, only a very low
activity for the total oxidation of methane was observed, at
temperatures[250 C. Since no traces of partial oxidation
products, such as methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid,
methyl formate, dimethyl ether and CO, were observed it
was concluded that supported gold catalysts are not able to
selectively oxidize methane to methanol under these
experimental conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1429-1434 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Catalysis Letters |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |