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Inside Cover: Confined Carbon Mediating Dehydroaromatization of Methane over Mo/ZSM‐5 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 4/2018)
Author(s) -
Kosinov Nikolay,
Wijpkema Alexandra S. G.,
Uslamin Evgeny,
Rohling Roderigh,
Coumans Ferdy J. A. G.,
Mezari Brahim,
Parastaev Alexander,
Poryvaev Artem S.,
Fedin Matvey V.,
Pidko Evgeny A.,
Hensen Emiel J. M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201713047
Subject(s) - methane , catalysis , benzene , chemistry , carbon fibers , zeolite , cover (algebra) , photochemistry , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , mechanical engineering , composite number , engineering , composite material
Confined carbon species play a dual role in the non‐oxidative dehydroaromatization of methane over single‐atom Mo/ZSM‐5 catalysts. In their Communication on page 1016 ff., N. Kosinov, E. J. M. Hensen et al. applied operando spectroscopy, microscopy, and isotope labeling of methane to establish that polyaromatic hydrocarbons, formed in the micropores of the zeolite catalyst, are necessary intermediates for benzene formation. These species lead to catalyst deactivation by agglomeration in heavy deposits that block access to the pores.