Non-oxidative aromatization of C1 to C3 hydrocarbons over Pd-promoted Ga/HZSM-5 catalyst under mild conditions

The Pd-promoted Ga/HZSM-5 catalyst was prepared by impregnation method and its catalytic activity for non-oxidative aromatization of C1 to C3 hydrocarbons was assessed using a microreactor-GC system operated with temperature at 823 K and space velocity at 410 h−1. The catalyst is more catalytically active for methane conversion than Ga/HZSM-5. The mass spectroscopy analyses confirmed that 13CH4 was converted to aromatic products.