摘要 |
An object is to provide a novel method for processing an organic substance with a catalyst under conditions in the presence of water. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of processing an organic substance under a hydrothermal condition by utilizing an oxidation-reduction cycle of a metal oxide catalyst, the method including: (i) oxidizing an organic substance with oxygen discharged from a metal oxide catalyst having an oxidized metal value so as to form a metal oxide catalyst having a reduced metal value and an oxidized organic substance; and (ii) oxidizing, simultaneously with the above (i), the metal oxide catalyst having the reduced metal value with oxygen discharged from water so as to reproduce the metal oxide catalyst having the oxidized metal value, where the metal oxide catalyst is a solid electrolyte. |