The low reactivity of methane, - the need for harsh
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The low reactivity of methane, - the need for harsh conditions in the current industrial methane-to-methanol production process, - the challenge of designing more efficient reactors for plasma-catalytic partial oxidation
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Sourced from the abstract and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 23 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- Roles of Acidic Proton for Fe-Containing Zeolite in Direct Oxidation of Methane (2024) · ACS Catalysis · cited 23× · doi
Except for the well-known ability that acid sites realize the subsequent reaction of methanol to hydrocarbon, the roles of acidic protons in the direct oxidation of methane have not been studied regarding the formation of active Fe components and the reactivity in the reaction.
generalabstractKeywords: reaction except well known ability acid sites realize subsequent methanol hydrocarbon roles acidic protons direct - Nanostructured Copper Oxides for Plasma-Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane (2026) · Petroleum Chemistry · doi
The low reactivity of methane, - the need for harsh conditions in the current industrial methane-to-methanol production process, - the challenge of designing more efficient reactors for plasma-catalytic partial oxidation
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: low reactivity methane need harsh conditions current industrial - Kinetically Balanced Relay Catalysis for Efficient Oxidation of Methane to Methanol with O2 (2026) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi
Abstract Selective oxidation of methane to methanol using molecular oxygen (O2) is a promising route for upgrading abundant methane resources, but is limited by the difficulty of coupling O2 activation with selective C–H functionalization.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: selective methane abstract oxidation methanol using molecular oxygen promising route upgrading abundant resources limited difficulty
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