Methane adsorption and methanol desorption of copper modified boron silicate.
Xueting WangAlexander ShishkinFelix HemmingssonMagnus SkoglundhFrancisco Javier Martinez-CasadoLorenz BockAlexander IdströmLars EvenäsHanna HärelindPer-Anders CarlssonPublished in: RSC advances (2018)
Boron silicate (BS) with a chabazite framework structure was synthesised using a direct route and rigorously characterized before it was ion-exchanged with copper to form Cu-BS. Employing in situ infrared spectroscopy, we show that Cu-BS is capable of oxidising methane to methoxy species and methanol interacts with the boron sites without deprotonation.