Catalytic direct oxidation of methane to methanol by redox of copper mordenite

Abstract

Catalytic production of CH₃OH by direct oxidation of CH₄with O₂was performed using Cu zeolites in a CH₄/O₂/H₂O flow reaction, where Cu-MOR exhibited relatively high CH₃OH production with the redox of Cu(<sc>i</sc>)/Cu(<sc>ii</sc>) species.