Fuel for thought? The direct oxidation of methane to methanol occurs at atmospheric pressure between 50 and 250 °C in a fuel-cell-type reactor (see picture). The efficiency of the electrochemical activation of oxygen is higher than that for the catalytic activation of oxygen.
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Tomita et al. (2008) studied this question.
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