Photodriven methane conversion on transition metal oxide catalyst: recent progress and prospects

P Wang, R Shi, J Zhao, T Zhang - Advanced Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Methane as the main component in natural gas is a promising chemical raw material for
synthesizing value‐added chemicals, but its harsh chemical conversion process often …

Photocatalytic conversion of methane: current state of the art, challenges, and future perspectives

Z Liu, B Xu, YJ Jiang, Y Zhou, X Sun… - ACS Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With 28–34 times the greenhouse effect of CO2 over a 100-year period, methane is
regarded as the second largest contributor to global warming. Reducing methane emissions …

Synergistic Effect of Oxygen Vacancy and High Porosity of Nano MIL‐125 (Ti) for Enhanced Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation

Y Sun, H Ji, Y Sun, G Zhang, H Zhou, S Cao… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work reports that a low‐temperature thermal calcination strategy was adopted to
modulate the electronic structure and attain an abundance of surface‐active sites while …

Retrofitting Zr-Oxo nodes of UiO-66 by Ru single atoms to boost methane hydroxylation with nearly total selectivity

G Fang, F Wei, J Lin, Y Zhou, L Sun… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Direct selective oxidation of methane (DSOM) to high value-added oxygenates under mild
conditions is attracting considerable interest. Although state-of-the-art supported metal …

Atomically strained metal sites for highly efficient and selective photooxidation

X Li, Z Zhuang, J Chai, R Shao, J Wang, Z Jiang… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Strain engineering is an attractive strategy for improving the intrinsic catalytic performance of
heterogeneous catalysts. Manipulating strain on the short-range atomic scale to the local …

Constructing matched active sites for robust photocatalytic dry reforming of methane

C He, S Wu, Q Li, M Li, J Li, L Wang, J Zhang - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Photocatalytic dry reforming of methane (DRM) is a promising green process for converting
two greenhouse gases into syngas. Nonetheless, achieving photocatalytic DRM with both …

Water microdroplets-initiated methane oxidation

X Song, C Basheer, RN Zare - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The special redox reactivity of water microdroplets causes “mild ignition” of methane gas to
form methane oxygenates. The C (sp3)–H bond of methane can be activated by the hydroxyl …

Fenton-like Chemistry by a Copper(I) Complex and H2O2 Relevant to Enzyme Peroxygenase C–H Hydroxylation

B Kim, MT Brueggemeyer, WJ Transue… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases have received significant attention as catalytic
convertors of biomass to biofuel. Recent studies suggest that its peroxygenase activity (ie …

Plasmon‐Induced Radical‐Radical Heterocoupling Boosts Photodriven Oxidative Esterification of Benzyl Alcohol over Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Encapsulated Cobalt …

Q Hao, Z Li, Y Shi, R Li, Y Li, L Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Selective oxidation of alcohols under mild conditions remains a long‐standing challenge in
the bulk and fine chemical industry, which usually requires environmentally unfriendly …

Synergistic Defect Sites and CoOx Nanoclusters in Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2O2 Production

J Hou, K Wang, X Zhang, Y Wang, H Su, C Yang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The photocatalytic two-electron O2 reduction reaction (2e–ORR) for high-value hydrogen
peroxide (H2O2) production is attracting widespread attention as a green and promising …