Preface xi Acknowledgments xv 1 Why Do We Care About Methane? 1 1.1 Chemical Production 1 1.2 Energy Supply 2 1.3 Climate Change 5 1.4 Reconciling Shale- Gas Utilization and Environmental Issue 5 References 6 2 Properties and Chemical Inertness of Methane 8 References 10 3 Formation of Methane in Nature and by Anthropogenic Activity 11 3.1 Methane Formed in Rocks 11 3.2 Methane Hydrate Formed in Seabed 12 3.3 Bio- methanation 12 3.

4 Methane Formed as a Byproduct in Industrial Processes 18 References 19 4 Extraction of Methane for Chemical Production 21 References 24 5 Methane Emission and Its Impact on Environment 26 5.1 Methane Emissions 26 5.2 Fundamentals on Methane-relevant Environmental Issue 27 References 31 6 Brief of High- Temperature Catalytic and Noncatalytic Transformation of Methane 33 6.1 Steam Reforming of Methane 33 6.1.1 Brief of Activity of Transition Metals 34 6.1.2 Deactivation of Metal Catalysts 35 6.

1.3 Catalyst of Singly Dispersed Sites 36 6.2 Reforming of Methane by Consumption of CO2 40 6.2.1 Brief of Dry Reforming on Transition Metal Single- Crystal Model Catalyst Ni(111) 41 6.2.2 Catalyst of Singly Dispersed Sites 43 6.3 Partial Oxidation of Methane 44 6.

3.1 Brief of Catalytic Methane Partial Oxidation 44 6.3.2 Supported Ni Catalyst 45 6.3.3 Supported Co Catalyst 48 6.3.4 Supported Pt Catalyst 49 6.

3.5 Supported Rh Catalyst 49 6.3.6 Supported Ru Catalyst 50 6.3.7 Supported Single- Atom Rh Catalyst 51 6.4 Methane Transformation Involving both Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis 52 6.5 Oxidative Coupling of Methane 54 6.

6 Aromatization of Methane 60 6.6.1 Brief 60 6.6.2 Catalyst Preparation 61 6.6.3 Catalyst Structure 63 6.6.

4 Formation of Active Phases 68 6.6.5 Carburization 69 6.6.6 Generally Agreed Reaction Intermediate 69 6.6.7 Facing Challenge and Promising Topic 70 6.7 Direct Activation of Methane on Single Sites of Fe to Synthesize Ethylene and Aromatics 71 6.

8 Transformation of Methane to Form Hydrogen and Carbon 72 6.8.1 Noncatalytic Approaches 72 6.8.2 Catalysis by Supported Fe, Co or Ni 73 6.8.3 Catalysis by Melted Metal 73 6.8.

4 Catalysis by Melted Alloy 73 6.9 Methane Oxidation to Formaldehyde 79 References 82 7 Electrochemical Conversion of Chemical Energy of CH 4 to Electrical Energy at Intermediate Temperature 102 References 105 8 Brief of Thermodynamics of Transformation of Methane at Low Temperature 107 8.1 Feasibility of Methane Conversion at Low Temperature through Oxidation 107 8.2 Why Should We Pursue a Low- temperature CH4 Transformation Route? 108 8.3 Significance of Catalyst Design for Compensating Slow Kinetics of Methane Conversion at Low Temperature 109 Reference 109 9 Activation of CH4 by Free- standing Cations (M+or Man+) of Single Atom or Cluster at Room Temperature and Its Significant Indication for CH4 Low-Temperature Activation 110 9.1 Activity in Dehydrogenation of CH4 and Reaction with Other Hydrocarbons on Free- standing Cation of Single- atom M+ of the First- row (3d) Transition Metals and Its Indication for CH4 Low-Temperature Activation 111 9.2 Activity in Dehydrogenation of CH4 on Free- standing Cation of Single- atom M+ of the Third- row (5d) Transition metals and Its Indication for CH4 Low-Temperature Activation 112 9.3 Factors Leading to the Difference between High Activity of 5d Transition Metal Ion to CH4 Dehydrogenation and Nearly Inertness of 3d or 4d Metal Ion 114 9.

4 Activity in CH4 Dehydrogenation or C2H4 Formation on Free- standing Cluster [Ma]0 or Cluster Cation [Ma ]n+ and Its Indication to CH4 Low-Temperature Activation 116 References 118 10 Oxidization of CH4 by Free- standing MO+ Clusters at Room Temperature in Low- pressure CH4 121 10.1 Brief 121 10.2 Preparation of MO+ Clusters 121 10.3 Experimental and Computational Approaches for Studying Reaction between MO+ Cluster and CH4 122 10.4 Chemical Properties of MO+ and Their Indications for Activity in Oxidizing CH4 123 10.5 Fundamental Understanding of the Evolution of the Activity of MO+ in Oxidizing CH4 and Its Indication for Catalytic Oxidation of CH4 124 10.6 Fundamental Understanding of Product Selectivity for CH3OH in Oxidation of CH4 133 References 135 11 Catalytic Oxidation of Methane through Free- standing M+ in Gas Phase at Low Temperature 139 Reference 141 12 Activation and Catalytic Oxidation of CH4 through M1 On Clusters Anchored on Open Support at Low Temperature 142 12.1 Context 142 12.

2 Cations Doped on Open Surface of Transition Metal Oxide 142 12.3 Cations on the Surface of Iridium Oxide Thin Film 148 References 152 13 Catalytic Transformation of Methane through Organometallic Approach at Low Temperature 153 13.1 Pt- based Catalysts for Production of Methanol 153 13.2 Pt- based Catalysts for the Production of Acetic Acid 155 13.3 Pd- based Catalyst for Production of Methanol 156 13.4 Pd- based Catalyst for the Production of Acetic Acid 157 13.5 Rh- based Molecular Catalysts for the Production of Acetic Acid with the Participation of External CO 160 13.6 Hg- based Catalysts for Production of Methanol 162 13.

7 Ru- based Catalysts for the Production of Methanol 165 13.8 Peroxydisulphate for the Production of Acetic Acid without External CO 166 13.9 Polyoxometalates for the Production of Methanol 167 13.10 Ag- based Catalyst for Inserting CH2 167 13.11 Au- based Catalyst for the Production of Methanol 168 13.12 Ir- based Catalyst for Borylation of Methane 170 References 172 14 Solid Organic Catalysts for the Selective Low- temperature Oxidation of Methane to Methanol 175 References 179 15 Confinement Effect in Micropores of Microporous Aluminosilicate 180 15.1 Origin of Confinement: Elevation of Energy of Molecular Orbitals and Reduction of Gap of HOMO and LUMO 180 15.2 Relaxation of Atoms of the Concave Surface 184 15.

3 Quantification of the Confinement Effect 186 15.4 Confinement- directed Catalytic Performance 187 References 188 16 Brief of Experimental Methods of Low- temperature Activation and Catalytic Conversion of CH4 through M- O Clusters Anchored in Zeolite 190 References 192 17 Oxidation of Methane by N2O through M- O Clusters Anchored in Zeolite in the Gas Phase at Low Temperature 194 17.1 Early Studies of Partial Oxidation of Methane 194 17.2 Fe-ZSM- 5 196 17.3 Small Pore Metallozeolite 200 17.4 A Comparison of Pore Size on Oxidation of Methane 201 17.5 Isothermal Activation of Cu-ZSM-5, Partial Oxidation, and Gas Phase Extraction of Methanol 202 References 204 18 Oxidation of Methane through M- O Sites Anchored in Zeolite or AuPd Nanoparticles by H2O2 at Low Temperature 207 18.1 Brief of the Difference between the Catalytic Oxidation of CH 4 with N 2 O at a Relatively High Temperature and that with H2O2 in Aqueous Solution at a Low Temperature 207 18.

2 Fe- S- 1 and Fe- ZSM- 5 208 18.3 Pd- ZSM- 5 212 18.4 AuPd Supported on ZSM- 5 217 References 220 19 Noncatalytic and Catalytic Oxidation of Methane with O2 through M-O Clusters Anchored in Zeolite in Liquid at Low Temperature 222 19.1 Cu- ZSM- 5 222 19.1.1 Identification of Reactive Oxygen Species for Oxidizing CH4 in Cu- ZSM- 5 through O2 Treatment 222 19.1.2 Confirmed Reactivity of the Formed Oxygen Species in Oxidizing CH4 225 19.

1.3 Characterization of the Formed Oxygen Species with Resonance Raman Spectroscopy 226 19.2 Cu- MOR 230 19.2.1 Correlation between Pretreatment Condition and Structure of Active Copper Sites 230 19.2.2 Formation of Momo(μ- oxo)di- copper Species in Cu- MOR through Activation at 450 °C in O2 234 19.2.

3 Formation of Copper Oxide Clusters Instead of Momo(μ- oxo)di- copper Species in Cu- MOR through Activation at 200 °C in O2 238 19.2.4 How Activation Temperature of Cu- MOR in O2 in 350-550 °C Influence Activity or Reactivity of Cu- MOR 240 19.3 Ni- ZSM- 5 241 19.4 Zeolite with Small Pore Cu- SSZ- 13, Cu- SSZ- 16, and Cu- SSZ- 39 245 19.5 Pore Size- dependence on Activity 247 19.6 Catalytic Oxidation of Methane with O2 by Cu- zeolite 248 19.7 Catalytic Coupling between O2or HOO· and CH3· in a Solution with Coexisting O2 and H2O2 252 References 256 20 Oxidation of CH4 and CO with O2 through M-O Clusters Anchored in Zeolite in Liquid at Low Temperature 259 References 267 21 Challenges and Prospect 268 21.

1 Challenge in Achieving High Selectivity for a Specific Product 268 21.2 Challenge in Achieving High Conversion of CH4 268 21.3 Challenge in Finding a New Reaction 269 21.4 Challenge in Reproducible Preparation of Metallozeolite with Homogeneous Catalytic Sites 270 21.5 Challenge in Characterizing the Actual Catalyst during Catalysis 271 21.6 Challenge in the Fundamental Understanding of the Catalytic Mechanism 272 21.7 Challenge in Transforming Low- concentration Methane of Waste Gas 272 References 273 Index 277.