Methane to Methanol Conversion on Cu-SSZ-13, -SSZ-16 and -SSZ-39

Ipek, Bahar

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 10:40 AM

407 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Bahar Ipek, Matthew J. Wulfers, Shewangizaw Teketel, Joseph P. Smith, Karl S. Booksh and Raul F. Lobo, University of Delaware, USA.

Cu-SSZ-13, SSZ-16 and SSZ-39 zeolites showed direct conversion of methane to methanol yields as high as 39 µmol/g_zeolite. UV-vis spectra are inconsistent with a mono-μ-oxo-dicopper complexes active site, but Raman spectra clearly show the presence of non-framework Cu-O bonds. The structure of this active site remains to be identified.

Extended Abstracts:

IpekNAMfinal.pdf (50.8KB) - Extended Abstract

O-Tu-407-3 Methane to Methanol Conversion on Cu-SSZ-13, -SSZ-16 and -SSZ-39