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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Inventor:
Qinbai Fan, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 3/00 (2006.01); C25B 3/02 (2006.01); C25B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 3/02 (2013.01); C25B 1/04 (2013.01); Y02P 20/132 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of converting methane to methanol at low temperatures utilizes a reactor including an anode, a cathode, a membrane separator between the anode and cathode, a metal oxide catalyst at the anode and a hydrogen recovery catalyst at the cathode. The method can convert methane to methanol at as rate exceeding the theoretical Faradaic rate due to the contribution of an electrochemical reaction occurring in tandem with a Faradaic reaction.