Direct conversion of methane to value-added chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts: challenges and prospects

P Schwach, X Pan, X Bao - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The quest for an efficient process to convert methane efficiently to fuels and high value-
added chemicals such as olefins and aromatics is motivated by their increasing demands …

Heterogeneous catalysis on metal oxides

JC Védrine - Catalysts, 2017 - mdpi.com
This review article contains a reminder of the fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis and
a description of the main domains of heterogeneous catalysis and main families of metal …

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 …

Morphology-dependent nanocatalysts: Rod-shaped oxides

Y Li, W Shen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocatalysts are characterised by the unique nanoscale properties that originate from their
highly reduced dimensions. Extensive studies over the past few decades have …

Characterisation and reactivity of oxygen species at the surface of metal oxides

M Anpo, G Costentin, E Giamello, H Lauron-Pernot… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface reactive oxygen species play a fundamental role in selective oxidation and
combustion reactions catalyzed by metal oxides. Unravelling the nature of these transient …

Hydration of calcium oxide surface predicted by reactive force field molecular dynamics

H Manzano, RJM Pellenq, FJ Ulm, MJ Buehler… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this work, we present the parametrization of Ca–O/H interactions within the reactive force
field ReaxFF, and its application to study the hydration of calcium oxide surface. The force …

Unravelling the Mechanism of Intermediate‐Temperature CO2 Interaction with Molten‐NaNO3‐Salt‐Promoted MgO

W Gao, J Xiao, Q Wang, S Li, MA Vasiliades… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The optimization of MgO‐based adsorbents as advanced CO2‐capture materials is
predominantly focused on their molten‐salt modification, for which theoretical and …

Advances in upgrading biomass to biofuels and oxygenated fuel additives using metal oxide catalysts

J Ethiraj, D Wagh, H Manyar - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Increasing demand for transportation fuels, awareness of climate change, and dwindling
supplies of crude oil has led to the rapid increase in production of biomass derived …

Effective dispersion of MgO nanostructure on biochar support as a basic catalyst for glucose isomerization

SS Chen, Y Cao, DCW Tsang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Glucose isomerization to fructose is one of the most important reactions in the field of
biomass valorization. We demonstrate wood waste valorization with MgCl2 salt to …

Catalytic performance of MgO with different exposed crystal facets towards the ozonation of 4-chlorophenol

J Chen, S Tian, J Lu, Y Xiong - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2015 - Elsevier
This study aims to provide a direction to tailor catalytic activity of catalyst by selectively
exposing a crystal facet. Herein three sheet-like MgO materials with the primarily exposed …