Recent trends, current challenges and future prospects for syngas-free methane partial oxidation

A Blankenship, M Artsiusheuski, V Sushkevich… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
An efficient route for selective methane functionalization to liquid products, such as
methanol, without intermediate syngas production is an integral part of the movement toward …

The direct catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol—a critical assessment

M Ravi, M Ranocchiari… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the large number of disparate approaches for the direct selective partial oxidation of
methane, none of them has translated into an industrial process. The oxidation of methane …

Hydrophobic zeolite modification for in situ peroxide formation in methane oxidation to methanol

Z Jin, L Wang, E Zuidema, K Mondal, M Zhang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Selective partial oxidation of methane to methanol suffers from low efficiency. Here, we
report a heterogeneous catalyst system for enhanced methanol productivity in methane …

Selective anaerobic oxidation of methane enables direct synthesis of methanol

VL Sushkevich, D Palagin, M Ranocchiari… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Direct functionalization of methane in natural gas remains a key challenge. We present a
direct stepwise method for converting methane into methanol with high selectivity (~ 97%) …

W Single‐Atom Catalyst for CH4 Photooxidation in Water Vapor

Y Wang, J Zhang, WX Shi, GL Zhuang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven high‐efficiency and direct conversion of methane into high‐value‐added liquid
oxygenates against overoxidation remains a great challenge. Herein, facile and mass …

Active sites and mechanisms in the direct conversion of methane to methanol using Cu in zeolitic hosts: a critical examination

MA Newton, AJ Knorpp, VL Sushkevich… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this critical review we examine the current state of our knowledge in respect of the nature
of the active sites in copper containing zeolites for the selective conversion of methane to …

Direct conversion of methane to methanol under mild conditions over Cu-zeolites and beyond

P Tomkins, M Ranocchiari… - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In the recent years methane has become increasingly abundant. However,
transportation costs are high and methane recovered as side product is often flared rather …

Jaguar: A high‐performance quantum chemistry software program with strengths in life and materials sciences

AD Bochevarov, E Harder, TF Hughes… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Jaguar is an ab initio quantum chemical program that specializes in fast electronic structure
predictions for molecular systems of medium and large size. Jaguar focuses on …

Continuous partial oxidation of methane to methanol catalyzed by diffusion-paired copper dimers in copper-exchanged zeolites

KT Dinh, MM Sullivan, K Narsimhan… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Copper-exchanged zeolites can continuously and selectively catalyze the partial oxidation
of methane to methanol using only oxygen and water at low temperatures, but the genesis …

Recent advances in heterogeneous selective oxidation catalysis for sustainable chemistry

Z Guo, B Liu, Q Zhang, W Deng, Y Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxidation catalysis not only plays a crucial role in the current chemical industry for the
production of key intermediates such as alcohols, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones and organic …