A novel route to improve methane aromatization by using a simple composite catalyst

A simple composite catalyst was proposed for the first time for methane aromatization, consisting of Mo/HZSM-5 for methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) and Ce0.9Gd0.1Oy (CGO) for hydrogen combustion. The redox properties of CGO and its high selectivity towards hydrogen oxidation enable an efficient periodic MDA reaction/regeneration process, leading to improved methane aromatization.