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Dummer N, Willock DJ, He Q, Howard MJ, Lewis RJ, Qi G, Taylor SH, Xu J, Bethell D, Kiely CJ, Hutchings GJ. Methane Oxidation to Methanol. Chem Rev 2023; 123:6359-6411. [PMID: 36459432 PMCID: PMC10176486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
The direct transformation of methane to methanol remains a significant challenge for operation at a larger scale. Central to this challenge is the low reactivity of methane at conditions that can facilitate product recovery. This review discusses the issue through examination of several promising routes to methanol and an evaluation of performance targets that are required to develop the process at scale. We explore the methods currently used, the emergence of active heterogeneous catalysts and their design and reaction mechanisms and provide a critical perspective on future operation. Initial experiments are discussed where identification of gas phase radical chemistry limited further development by this approach. Subsequently, a new class of catalytic materials based on natural systems such as iron or copper containing zeolites were explored at milder conditions. The key issues of these technologies are low methane conversion and often significant overoxidation of products. Despite this, interest remains high in this reaction and the wider appeal of an effective route to key products from C-H activation, particularly with the need to transition to net carbon zero with new routes from renewable methane sources is exciting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas
F. Dummer
- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, National
University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- National
Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic
Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan430071, P. R. China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- National
Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic
Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan430071, P. R. China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, LiverpoolL69 7ZD, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh
University, 5 East Packer
Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania18015, United States
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- Max
Planck−Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous
Catalysis FUNCAT, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, CardiffCF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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Ho SKY, Lam FYT, de Aguirre A, Maseras F, White AJP, Britovsek GJP. Photolytic Activation of Late-Transition-Metal–Carbon Bonds and Their Reactivity toward Oxygen. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah K. Y. Ho
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Avgda. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona 43007, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Avgda. Països Catalans, 16, Tarragona 43007, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, White City Campus, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
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Fang G, Lin J, Wang X. Low-temperature conversion of methane to oxygenates by supported metal catalysts: From nanoparticles to single atoms. Chin J Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2021.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chen J, Wang S, Peres L, Collière V, Philippot K, Lecante P, Chen Y, Yan N. Oxidation of methane to methanol over Pd@Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions in water. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00273b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pd@Pt core–shell colloidal nanoparticles efficiently catalyse the direct oxidation of methane to methanol with high selectivity using H2O2 in water.
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- Jianjun Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
- Institute of New Energy and Low-carbon Technology
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- CEMES (Centre d'Élaboration des Matériaux et d'Études Structurales)
- F-31055 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-carbon Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
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Insights into the direct selective oxidation of methane to methanol over ZSM-5 zeolytes in aqueous hydrogen peroxide. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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He Y, Liang J, Imai Y, Ueda K, Li H, guo X, Yang G, Yoneyama Y, Tsubaki N. Highly selective synthesis of methanol from methane over carbon materials supported Pd-Au nanoparticles under mild conditions. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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He Y, Luan C, Fang Y, Feng X, Peng X, Yang G, Tsubaki N. Low-temperature direct conversion of methane to methanol over carbon materials supported Pd-Au nanoparticles. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Wang YL, Gurses S, Felvey N, Kronawitter CX. Room temperature and atmospheric pressure aqueous partial oxidation of ethane to oxygenates over AuPd catalysts. Catal Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy01526a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aqueous partial oxidation of ethane over unsupported AuPd catalysts is investigated at 21 °C and 1 bar ethane.
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- Yu Lei Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of California
- Davis
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of California
- Davis
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of California
- Davis
- USA
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Shi Y, Liu S, Liu Y, Huang W, Guan G, Zuo Z. Quasicatalytic and catalytic selective oxidation of methane to methanol over solid materials: a review on the roles of water. CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2019.1674475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Yayun Shi
- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Institute of Regional Innovation (IRI), Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology of Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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The Direct Synthesis of H2O2 and Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Using HZSM-5 Supported AuPd Catalysts. Catal Letters 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-019-02876-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Xiao P, Wang Y, Nishitoba T, Kondo JN, Yokoi T. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol with H 2O 2 over an Fe-MFI zeolite catalyst using sulfolane solvent. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:2896-2899. [PMID: 30702094 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc10026h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The effect of reaction conditions for direct oxidation of methane to methanol over Fe-MFI zeolite with H2O2 has been investigated. Sulfolane has been proved to be an efficient solvent for liquid-phase methane oxidation. A sulfolane/water mixture with an appropriate proportion led to an extremely high methanol production with a high selectivity.
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- Peipei Xiao
- Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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Shahami M, Shantz DF. Zeolite acidity strongly influences hydrogen peroxide activation and oxygenate selectivity in the partial oxidation of methane over M,Fe-MFI (M: Ga, Al, B) zeolites. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00619b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Brönsted acidity plays a crucial role in the partial oxidation of methane to oxygenated products.
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- Meysam Shahami
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Tulane University
- New Orleans
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Tulane University
- New Orleans
- USA
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Fang Z, Murayama H, Zhao Q, Liu B, Jiang F, Xu Y, Tokunaga M, Liu X. Selective mild oxidation of methane to methanol or formic acid on Fe–MOR catalysts. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01640f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Selective oxidation of methane to methanol or formic acid was achieved using mordenite (MOR)-supported iron catalysts with H2O2 as the oxidant.
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- Zhihao Fang
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Graduate School of Science
- Kyushu University
- Fukuoka
- Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- P. R. China
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