Table 3.

Catalytic methanol dehydrogenation over investigated samples.

Catalyst	Reaction temperature (°C)	Methanol conversion (%)	Selectivity to methyl formate (%)	Activity (µmol g−1 min−1)
CuSil-AMOR	350	18.1	72.1	0.89
	400	32.3	85.2	1.52
	450	45.4	70.8	2.32
	500	56.7	64.5	2.98
CuSil-MEL	350	20.2	74.2	1.02
	400	35.3	87.3	1.81
	450	47.8	73.5	2.46
	500	58.9	67.9	3.03
CuSil-NT	350	22.7	92.1	1.23
	400	39.8	93.2	1.94
	450	55.2	74.1	2.62
	500	69.3	68	3.31
CuO	350	2.6	90	0.11
	400	4.7	85.2	0.19
	450	8.9	81.4	0.26
	500	11.6	78.3	0.3
SiO2	350	1.1	92.1	0.06
	400	2.9	90.5	0.13
	450	5.2	84.3	0.2
	500	7.9	80.5	0.25

GHSV = 1000 h⁻¹.