Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Why Do We Care About Methane? -- 1.1 Chemical Production -- 1.2 Energy Supply -- 1.3 Climate Change -- 1.4 Reconciling Shale-Gas Utilization and Environmental Issue -- References -- Chapter 2 Properties and Chemical Inertness of Methane -- References -- Chapter 3 Formation of Methane in Nature and by Anthropogenic Activity -- 3.1 Methane Formed in Rocks -- 3.2 Methane Hydrate Formed in Seabed -- 3.3 Bio-methanation -- 3.4 Methane Formed as a Byproduct in Industrial Processes -- References

Chapter 4 Extraction of Methane for Chemical Production -- References -- Chapter 5 Methane Emission and Its Impact on Environment -- 5.1 Methane Emissions -- 5.2 Fundamentals on Methane-relevant Environmental Issue -- References -- Chapter 6 Brief of High-Temperature Catalytic and Noncatalytic Transformation of Methane -- 6.1 Steam Reforming of Methane -- 6.1.1 Brief of Activity of Transition Metals -- 6.1.2 Deactivation of Metal Catalysts -- 6.1.3 Catalyst of Singly Dispersed Sites -- 6.2 Reforming of Methane by Consumption of CO2

6.2.1 Brief of Dry Reforming on Transition Metal Single-Crystal Model Catalyst Ni(111) -- 6.2.2 Catalyst of Singly Dispersed Sites -- 6.3 Partial Oxidation of Methane -- 6.3.1 Brief of Catalytic Methane Partial Oxidation -- 6.3.2 Supported Ni Catalyst -- 6.3.3 Supported Co Catalyst -- 6.3.4 Supported Pt Catalyst -- 6.3.5 Supported Rh Catalyst -- 6.3.6 Supported Ru Catalyst -- 6.3.7 Supported Single-Atom Rh Catalyst -- 6.4 Methane Transformation Involving both Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis -- 6.5 Oxidative Coupling of Methane -- 6.6 Aromatization of Methane -- 6.6.1 Brief

6.6.2 Catalyst Preparation -- 6.6.3 Catalyst Structure -- 6.6.4 Formation of Active Phases -- 6.6.5 Carburization -- 6.6.6 Generally Agreed Reaction Intermediate -- 6.6.7 Facing Challenge and Promising Topic -- 6.7 Direct Activation of Methane on Single Sites of Fe to Synthesize Ethylene and Aromatics -- 6.8 Transformation of Methane to Form Hydrogen and Carbon -- 6.8.1 Noncatalytic Approaches -- 6.8.2 Catalysis by Supported Fe, Co or Ni -- 6.8.3 Catalysis by Melted Metal -- 6.8.4 Catalysis by Melted Alloy -- 6.9 Methane Oxidation to Formaldehyde -- References

Chapter 7 Electrochemical Conversion of Chemical Energy of CH4 to Electrical Energy at Intermediate Temperature -- References -- Chapter 8 Brief of Thermodynamics of Transformation of Methane at Low Temperature -- 8.1 Feasibility of Methane Conversion at Low Temperature through Oxidation -- 8.2 Why Should We Pursue a Low-temperature CH4 Transformation Route? -- 8.3 Significance of Catalyst Design for Compensating Slow Kinetics of Methane Conversion at Low Temperature -- Reference