A Review and Experimental Revisit of Alternative Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde

The selective oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde is a growing million-dollar industry, and has been commercial for close to a century. The Formox process, which is the largest production process today, utilizes an iron molybdate catalyst, which is highly selective, but has a short lifetime of 6 m...

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Main Authors: Joachim Thrane, Uffe V. Mentzel, Max Thorhauge, Martin Høj, Anker D. Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Catalysts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/11/11/1329