Copper-exchanged large-port and small-port mordenite (MOR) for methane-to-methanol conversion

Amy J Knorpp; Ana B Pinar; Mark A Newton; Teng Li; Adelaide Calbry-Muzyka; Jeroen A van Bokhoven

doi:10.1039/d1ra04643h

Copper-exchanged large-port and small-port mordenite (MOR) for methane-to-methanol conversion

RSC Adv. 2021 Sep 20;11(49):31058-31061. doi: 10.1039/d1ra04643h. eCollection 2021 Sep 14.

Authors

Amy J Knorpp¹, Ana B Pinar², Mark A Newton¹, Teng Li¹, Adelaide Calbry-Muzyka³, Jeroen A van Bokhoven^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 Zurich 8093 Switzerland Jeroen.vanbokhoven@chem.ethz.
² Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen 5232 Switzerland.
³ Bioenergy and Catalysis Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI Villigen 5232 Switzerland.

Abstract

Zeolite mordenite (MOR) is one of the most studied zeolites for the stepwise direct conversion of methane to methanol, but it also can exist in two forms: large port and small port. Here we report that the synthesis and selection of the parent mordenite is critical for optimizing productivity, and that large-port mordenite outperforms small-port mordenite for the stepwise conversion of methane to methanol.