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The growing demand for the conversion of natural gas into value-added chemicals has been the focus of a significant amount of research. Specifically, the direct conversion of methane and CO2 to higher value oxygenates has serious industrial value. Due to the thermodynamic stability of CO2 and methane molecules, direct conversion to high-value products is commercially limited. This study focuses on understanding the thermodynamics of methane activation with CO2 as an oxidant in the presence of metal catalysts at moderate temperatures. Direct activation approaches suggested in the literature have been investigated to find commercially viable alternative routes that remove any intermediate steps, such as syngas, and selectively produce high-value oxygenates. The role of different oxidative agents for methane activation has been investigated while understanding the effects of metal-based catalysts for this reaction. Deactivation studies indicated potential ways of catalytic activity loss along with possible regeneration methods. Based on the literature reviews and thermodynamic analysis, prospective catalytic reaction mechanisms are discussed including the application of bimetallic and plasma catalysis to overcome the thermodynamic energy constraints for CO2 and methane activation at low temperature with selective production of target oxygenates.
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This work is supported by the project entitled “University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research (UCFER)” awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy under grant #GR-00004649 (Subaward #5958-LSU-DOE-6825). The authors also gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments and suggestions of the reviewers, which have improved the quality of this work.
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We declare the following credits to the authors of this work: Conceptualization: Ashraf Abedin; Validation: James J. Spivey; Formal Analysis: Ashraf Abedin; Investigation: Ashraf Abedin; Resources: James J. Spivey; Writing-Original Draft Preparation: Ashraf Abedin; Writing-Review and Editing; Ashraf Abedin and James J. Spivey; Revision: Ashraf Abedin and James J. Spivey; Visualization: Ashraf Abedin; Supervision: James J. Spivey; Project Administration: James J. Spivey; Funding Acquisition: James J. Spivey. The authors declare that this work has never been submitted before for consideration of publication. The authors further acknowledge that there is no financial relationship with the editors or publisher and have contributed original work in this chapter, other than what was acknowledged or appropriately cited with copyright permission.
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Abedin, A., Spivey, J.J. (2021). Direct Catalytic Low-Temperature Conversion of CO2 and Methane to Oxygenates. In: Gao, Yj., Song, W., Liu, J.L., Bashir, S. (eds) Advances in Sustainable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74406-9_8
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