The active site of low-temperature methane hydroxylation in iron-containing zeolites

Nature

Volumn 536, Issue 7616, 2016, Pages 317-321

  Snyder, Benjamin E R ^a   Vanelderen, Pieter ^a,b   Bols, Max L ^b   Hallaert, Simon D ^b   Böttger, Lars H ^a   Ungur, Liviu ^b,d   Pierloot, Kristine ^b   Schoonheydt, Robert A ^b   Sels, Bert F ^b   Solomon, Edward I ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; METHANE; METHANOL; ZEOLITE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; DETECTION METHOD; IRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METHANE; METHANOL; NITROUS OXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; ZEOLITE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTHALPY; HYDROXYLATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84983350786     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature19059     Document Type: Article

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