One of the great challenges in the field of heterogeneous catalysis is the conversion of
methane to more useful chemicals and fuels. A chemical of particular importance is ethene …

As a promising approach for carbon dioxide capture, chemical looping combustion has been
extensively investigated for more than two decades. However, the chemical looping strategy …

Steam cracking is a well-established commercial technology for ethylene production.
Despite decades of optimization efforts, the process is, nevertheless, highly energy and …

The search for alternative non‑carbon-emitting uses of the huge reserves of natural gas has
renewed the interest on direct conversion of methane to value added chemicals. Oxidative …

Over the past several years, cerium oxide and CeO2-containing materials have come under
intense scrutiny as catalysts and as structural and electronic promoters of heterogeneous …

The oxidative coupling of methane to higher hydrocarbons offers a promising autothermal
approach for direct methane conversion, but its progress has been hindered by yield …

Methane is the major component of natural gas. an inexpensive and accessible energy
source. The world reserve of natural gas is estimated as about lOI4 m3 [l]; this has a …

Chemical looping oxidative coupling of methane (CLOCM) describes an energy-saving and
redox approach to convert methane into C 2 products, which utilizes lattice oxygen in redox …

Considerable progress has been made in the development of catalysts for the partial
oxidation of methane to ethane and ethylene. Several of the more active and selective …

Global performance data of catalysts used for oxidative coupling of methane are evaluated
with the object of identifying good catalysts and correlating the observed activity trends with …