Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1990, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (10): 1158.

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Studies on the Selective Oxidation of Methane over Magnesium and Rare Earth Molybdatcs

Cui Xianghao, Wei Quan, Li Xiangwei, Ma Yingde   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun
  • Received:1988-12-04 Online:1990-10-24 Published:1990-10-24

Abstract: The ABO4 type of Mg, Ln(La, Ce, Eu)molybdates has been used as catalysts to convert CH4 to HCHO. ESR, TPR and XRD measurements show that molybdenum near the neighbour oxygen ions take part in oxidation reaction. When molybdenum ions were fixed as the atom Band the atomic ratio A/B was changed, the atoms at site A were substituted by Mg,La,Ce,Eu, the structure of catalysts take varied type, such as, a-MgMoO4, a-La2(MoO4)3, Eu2(MoO4)3 etc. The selectivity of formaldehyde increased according to the following. order MgMoO4<Eu2(MoO4)3<La2(MoO4)3< Ce2(MoO4)3. The catalysts of the CeMoO4 series gave a higher selectivity for formaldehyde, which well coordinate oxygen inserting and dehydrogenation functions, but showed no selectivity for both CO2 and coupling products. The befunctional effect for oxygen inserting and dehydrogenation was dependent to the electronegativity of A and B atoms, and the lattice structure of catalysts.

Key words: Methane, Formaldehyde, Cerium molybdate.

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