Direct photocatalytic conversion of methane to value-added chemicals

H Song, J Ye - Trends in Chemistry, 2022 - cell.com
Direct conversion of methane to value-added chemicals provides a promising alternative to
industrial energy-intensive processes, but still faces many technological and economical …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis for C–H bond activation

AS Belousov, I Shafiq - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The present critical review reports the recent progress of the last 5 years in the activation of
the C–H bond to produce value-added organic products through photocatalytic oxidation of …

Room-Temperature Photooxidation of CH4 to CH3OH with Nearly 100% Selectivity over Hetero-ZnO/Fe2O3 Porous Nanosheets

K Zheng, Y Wu, J Zhu, M Wu, X Jiao, L Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The huge challenge for CH4 photooxidation into CH3OH lies in the activation of the inert C–
H bond and the inhibition of CH3OH overoxidation. Herein, we design two-dimensional in …

Metal–Organic Framework-Encaged Monomeric Cobalt (III) Hydroperoxides Enable Chemoselective Methane Oxidation to Methanol

N Antil, M Chauhan, N Akhtar, R Newar, W Begum… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Developing highly efficient catalysts for chemoselective oxidation of methane to methanol
under mild conditions is a grand challenge. We report the successful design and synthesis …

Photocatalytic conversion of methane selectively into oxygenated products in the presence of chloride ions

J Wang, R Li, D Zeng, W Wang, Y Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selective partial oxidation of methane to methanol under mild conditions remains a great
challenge in activating the first Csingle bondH bond of CH 4 and inhibiting overoxidation …

Electron-Delocalization-Stabilized Photoelectrocatalytic Coupling of Methane by NiO-Polyoxometalate Sub-1 nm Heterostructures

S Nie, L Wu, X Wang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxidative coupling of methane to C2 oxygenates merits great scientific and
technological potential yet remains a challenge due to its inferior selectivity …

Can we achieve efficient photocatalytic partial oxidation of methane to methanol: A perspective on oxygen reaction pathways

Z Wang, Z Zhang, Z Wang, H Lu, L Wang - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2023 - Elsevier
As the primary component of natural gas, methane is an essential raw material in chemical
industries. Meanwhile, it is also a powerful greenhouse gas that causes severe global …

Comparison of highly active Type-I and Type-II heterojunction photocatalytic composites synthesized by electrospinning for humic acid degradation

C Wang, H Ni, J Dai, T Liu, ZY Wu, X Chen… - Chemical Physics …, 2022 - Elsevier
ZnO/Co 3 O 4 materials with Type-I (straddling gap) heterojunction structure and ZnO/NiO
materials with Type-II (staggered gap) heterojunction structure were prepared by …

Cocatalysts in photocatalytic methane conversion: recent achievements and prospects

C Zhang, J Wang, S Ouyang, H Song, J Ye… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Photocatalysis, which performed under mild conditions by utilizing solar energy, has
become a desirable technology to convert methane into highly valuable chemicals, such as …

Multi-radicals mediated one-step conversion of methane to acetic acid via photocatalysis

J Wang, L Zhang, D Zeng, W Wang, R Li, T Jia… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
One-step photocatalytic methane conversion to acetic acid possesses high economic and
academic value, and carbonyl species (CO, CO 2) are usually necessary to be introduced …