Favoring the Methane Oxychlorination Reaction over EuOCl by Synergistic Effects with Lanthanum.

ABSTRACT: The direct conversion of CH₄ into fuels and chemicals produces less waste, requires smaller capital investments, and has improved energy efficiency compared to multistep processes. While the methane oxychlorination (MOC) reaction has been given little attention, it offers the potential to achieve high CH₄ conversion levels at high selectivities. In a continuing effort to design commercially interesting MOC catalysts, we have improved the catalyst design of EuOCl by the partial replacement of Eu³⁺ by La³⁺. A set of catalytic solid solutions of La³⁺ and Eu³⁺ (i.e., La _x Eu_1-x OCl, where x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1) were synthesized and tested in the MOC reaction. The La³⁺

SUBMITTER: Terlingen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087184 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature