摘要 |
A ceramic catalyst of formula AA'MM'X prepared using sol-gel and ceramic methodologies comprises preparing a sol or slurry in an organic acid, alcohol or water of an alkaline earth metal component (A) preferably barium or strontium; a powdered or liquid transition metal component (M') selected from germanium, lead, silicon, tin, aluminium, gallium, antimony, bismuth or niobium; a powdered metal component (M) wherein M is selected from titanium or zirconium; and X is oxygen/s. The formula may optionally comprise A' selected from samarium or indium; The components are refluxed or mixed together, and the powder is dried and heated with a temperature program to calcination temperatures. The catalyst is for converting methane to higher hydrocarbons by oxidative condensation (or coupling) of methane (OCM). The OCM catalyst may be mixed with a second catalyst of formula NBC/S, for CO2-reforming of methane or dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene, wherein N is a metal selected from Group IA or IIA, B is a metal from Group VB, VIB, VIIB and S is selected from silica, alumina, silica-gel, zirconia, titania, zeolite. |