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Fullerene-Based Catalysts for Methane Activation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Hui-Jung Wu ,
Albert S. Hirschon ,
Ripudaman Malhotra  and
Robert B. Wilson
Hui-Jung Wu
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Molecular Physics Laboratories, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
Albert S. Hirschon
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Molecular Physics Laboratories, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
Ripudaman Malhotra
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Molecular Physics Laboratories, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
Robert B. Wilson
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Molecular Physics Laboratories, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
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Abstract

We investigated fullerene based catalysts for the conversion of methane into higher hydrocarbons. Fullerene soot, CO2 activated soot, and extracted soot as well as a Norit-A carbon were examined as catalysts for methane activation. The soot was found to easily activate the C-H bond of methane, allowing methane conversion at lower temperatures (lower by 250°C) than found under purely thermal conditions. Furthermore, soot catalysis appears to produce a minimal amount of aromatic hydrocarbons. Extracted soot was found to have a lower selectivity for C2 hydrocarbons than the non-extracted soot, and the CO2 activation of the soot did not appear to dramatically alter the catalytic activity.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 349: Symposium T – Novel Forms of Carbon II , 1994 , 157
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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