Influence of Pt and Pd on the catalytic activity of tungsten and molybdenum oxides in the deep oxidation of methane

It has been shown that the phases H_xMO₃ and MO_3−x (M = Mo, W), obtained by reduction of the oxides WO₃ and MoO₃ with hydrogen with supported Pt(Pd) (0.5 mass %), have higher catalytic activity in the deep oxidation of methane than the catalysts Pt/Al₂O₃ and Pd/Al₂O₃ with the same amount of supported metal. At temperatures above 700 K the activity of these catalysts decreases in consequence of the thermal decomposition of the phases H_xMO₃ and MO_3−x and they become similar in activity with Pt(Pd)/Al₂O₃. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental’naya Khimiya, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 126–129, March–April, 2008.