Structure and Activity of Mo Carbide Particles in Mo/ZSM-5 Catalysts for Methane Conversion to Aromatics

Zheng, Yiteng

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Yiteng Zheng¹, Jie Gao¹, Yadan Tang², Israel E. Wachs² and Simon G. Podkolzin¹, (1)Stevens Institute of Technology, USA, (2)Lehigh University, USA.

Mo carbide nanoparticles supported on ZSM-5 zeolites were evaluated with experimental and computational methods. Methane activation is predicted to proceed over a Mo-C pair of atoms serving as a single active site. The obtained reaction mechanism information provides strategies for developing improved catalyst formulations and optimization of reaction conditions.

Extended Abstracts:

Mo_Carbide-ZSM-5-Simon_Podkolzin.pdf (400.1KB) - Extended Abstract

P-W-B-71 Structure and Activity of Mo Carbide Particles in Mo/ZSM-5 Catalysts for Methane Conversion to Aromatics