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Complete Reaction Cycle for Methane-to-Methanol Conversion over Cu-SSZ-13: First-Principles Calculations and Microkinetic Modeling

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
卷 125, 期 27, 页码 14681-14688

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04062

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  1. Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation [KAW 2015.0058, KAW 2015.0057]
  2. Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK) at the Chalmers University of Technology
  3. Chalmers University of Technology
  4. Swedish Energy Agency
  5. A.B. Volvo
  6. ECAPS A.B.
  7. Johnson Matthey A.B.
  8. Preem A.B.
  9. Scania CV A.B.
  10. Umicore Denmark ApS
  11. SNIC grant

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This study examines the complete reaction cycle for methane-to-methanol conversion over the Cu-SSZ-13 system using density functional theory, finding that the presence of water increases reaction activity and highlighting the importance of selectivity in improving methanol yields from humid systems.
The steadily increasing consumption of natural gas imposes a need to facilitate the handling and distribution of the fuel, which presently is compressed or condensed. Alternatively, reduced volatility and increased tractability are achieved by converting the chemical energy of the main component, methane, into liquid methanol. Previous studies have explored direct methane-to-methanol conversion, but suitable catalysts have not yet been identified. Here, the complete reaction cycle for methane-to-methanol conversion over the Cu-SSZ-13 system is studied using density functional theory. The first step in the reaction cycle is the migration of Cu species along the zeolite framework forming the Cu pair, which is necessary for the adsorption of O-2. Methane conversion occurs over the CuOOCu and CuOCu sites, consecutively, after which the system is returned to its initial structure with two separate Cu ions. A density functional theory-based kinetic model shows high activity when water is included in the reaction mechanism, for example, even at very low partial pressures of water, the kinetic model results in a turnover frequency of similar to 1 at 450 K. The apparent activation energy from the kinetic model (similar to 1.1 eV) is close to recent measurements. However, experimental studies always observe very small amounts of methanol compared to formation of more energetically preferred products, for example, CO2. This low selectivity to methanol is not described by the current reaction mechanism as it does not consider formation of other species; however, the results suggest that selectivity, rather than inherent kinetic limitations, is an important target for improving methanol yields from humid systems. Moreover, a closed reaction cycle for the partial oxidation of methane has long been sought, and in achieving this over the Cu-SSZ-13, this study contributes one more step toward identifying a suitable catalyst for direct methane-to-methanol conversion.

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