Vanadium oxide-silica catalysts can effect the partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde with extremely high activities and the space time yield (STY) can reach a value in excess of 800 g kg-1cat h-1; bare silica also shows appreciable STY value up to ca. 300 g kg-1cat h-1.
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Parmaliana, A et al. 2006. Novel high-activity catalysts for partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde. Journal Of The Chemical Society-Chemical Communications, Vol , pp 751-753
Parmaliana, A., Frusteri, F., Mezzapica, A., Scurrell, M., & Giordano, N. (1993). Novel high-activity catalysts for partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/712
Parmaliana, A, F Frusteri, A Mezzapica, MS Scurrell, and N Giordano "Novel high-activity catalysts for partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde." (1993) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/712
Parmaliana A, Frusteri F, Mezzapica A, Scurrell M, Giordano N. Novel high-activity catalysts for partial oxidation of methane to formaldehyde. 1993; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/712.
