Revolutionary
shale gas production has resulted in increasing interest
in the use of methane for producing various types of high-value chemicals
and among them is aromatics via methane dehydroaromatization (MDA).
Progresses achieved in the area of MDA during the last 6 years are
significant. However, a review in this area is lacking. This review
is designed to fill the gap. The review not only discusses he development
of MDA catalysts, including conventional molybdenum (Mo)-based catalyst
and non-Mo-based catalysts and novel catalysts. Also, the insights
for the associated reaction mechanisms and catalyst regeneration methods
and applications of various types of reactors are provided.
This study was aimed at elucidating the role of adsorbed Fe(II) on minerals in the reductive transformation of 2-nitrophenol (2-NP) by using electrochemical methods. The studies of Fe(ll) adsorption and 2-NP reduction kinetics showed that the identity of minerals such as gamma-Al2O3 and TiO and the solution pH were crucial factors to determine the Fe(ll) adsorption behavior and to influence the rate constant (k) of 2-NP reduction. Furthermore, two electrochemical methods, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectrometry (EIS), were applied to characterize the Fe(II) reactivity with both the mineral-coated and mineral-free electrodes. The electrochemical evidence confirmed that the peak oxidation potential (Ep) of complex Fe(II) can be significantly affected by the solution pH;the enhanced reductive transformation of 2-NP can be related to the reduced Ep of surface-complex Fe(II) and the reduced charge transfer resistance (R(CT)) of the Fe(III)/Fe(II) couple. All these relationships were studied quantitatively. At pH 6.7, the measured Ep and R(CT) decreased in the order TiO2/GC< gamma-Al2O3/ GC < GC (Ep, 0.140 < 0.190 < 0.242 V; R(CT), 0.30 < 0.41 < 0.78 komega), while the 2-NP reduction on different minerals were in the order TiO2 > gamma-Al2O3 > nonmineral (k x 10-2, 7.91 > 0.64 > 0.077 min(-l)).
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