Natural gas is a versatile chemical feedstock, and natural gas conversion to commodity chemicals has recently attracted significant attention because of the shale gas boom in the United States and the low natural gas prices. In addition, direct nonoxidative methane coupling to form aromatics in the absence of O2 has received significant attention. Yet, high coke yields and catalyst deactivation due to coke formation have presented a significant barrier to develop a commercial methane dehydroaromatization (DHA) process.
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