title: Conversion of methane to methanol: nickel, palladium, and platinum (d9) cations as catalysts for the oxidation of methane by ozone at room temperature.
abstract: The room-temperature chemical kinetics has been measured for the catalytic activity of Group 10 atomic cations in the oxidation of methane to methanol by ozone. Ni(+)  is observed to be the most efficient catalyst. The complete catalytic cycle with Ni(+)  is interpreted with a computed potential energy landscape and, in principle, has an infinite turnover number for the oxidation of methane, without poisoning side reactions. The somewhat lower catalytic activity of Pd(+)  is reported for the first time and also explored with DFT calculations. Pt(+)  is seen to be ineffective as a catalyst because of the observed failure of PtO(+)  to convert methane to methanol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Božović
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feil
authors.forename: Gregory K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: Albert A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Viggiano
authors.forename: Xinhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlangen
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Diethard K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bohme