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Oxidative coupling of methane over (Na2WO4+Mn or Ce)/SiO2 catalysts: In situ measurement of electrical conductivity
Zeinab Gholipour;Azim Malekzadeh*;Reza Hatami;Yadollah Mortazavi;Abasali Khodadadi
2010, 19(1):
35-42.
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The effects of manganese oxide or ceria promoters on the performance of Na2WO4/SiO2 catalysts for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM)
are reported. The OCM reaction was performed in a continuous-flow microreactor at 800 ◦C, atmospheric pressure and under GHSV = 13200
ml·g−1
Cat·h−1. Catalysts were characterized by in situ conductivity measurement, FT-IR spectroscopy, XRD, SEMand temperature programmed
reduction analysis. Manganese oxide promoted Na2WO4/SiO2 is considered as one of the active and selective catalysts for OCMreaction. Ceria
with high oxygen storage capacity is selected as a proper oxygen activator, providing a higher concentration of the oxy-anion species which is
suitable for OCM reaction and compared with manganese oxide. Electrical conductivity of the catalysts was measured in OCM reaction under
oxidizing atmosphere, i.e. in the absence of methane. It was found that the trimetallic catalysts, i.e. the catalysts having sodium, tungsten
and Mn or Ce species, exhibited similar crystalline structures and morphologies, which lead to suitable bulk properties for the formation of an
active and selective catalyst. However, tungsten had significant effect on the texture and redox properties of the catalysts. It was also shown that
the crystalline structure of the bimetallic (Na+Mn or Ce)/SiO2 samples was quite different. This reveals that the metal oxides have significant
effect on the extent of crystallization, taking place in the course of interaction of sodium with silica support. Similar conductivities and catalytic
performances of (Na2WO4+Mn or Ce)/SiO2 catalysts propose that the ability of Na2WO4/SiO2 for utilizing oxy-anions formed in presence of
different metal oxides is limited.
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