Abstract
Addition of promoters, such as Li2O, Na2O, PbO, La2O3, MgCl2 and CaCl2, to MgO causes a large increase in its surface basicity (particularly strong basic sites) and catalytic activity/selectivity in oxidative coupling of methane, but the correlation between the basicity and C2-yield is poor, indicating that factors other than basicity are also important in deciding catalytic performance.
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Choudhary, V.R., Rane, V.H. & Chaudhari, S.T. Influence of various promoters on the basicity and catalytic activity of MgO catalysts in oxidative coupling of methane. Catal Lett 6, 95–98 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00764057
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