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 …

A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

Steam cracking is a well-established commercial technology for ethylene production.
Despite decades of optimization efforts, the process is, nevertheless, highly energy and …

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in catalytic processes to convert methane (a major
component of natural gas) to more valuable hydrocarbons as fuels or chemicals. The scope …

Catalytic upgrading of methane in natural gas and/or shale gas via oxidative methane
coupling (OMC) is an important option tailored by industry for meeting the global ethylene …

The catalytic oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to C2 hydrocarbons with oxygen (O2‐
OCM) has garnered renewed worldwide interest in the past decade due to the emergence of …

Nanoscience is a cross-sectional interdisciplinary field of research that can hardly be
overestimated in its enabling character for technologies in many application areas. A …

Li/MgO is one of the most frequently investigated catalysts for the oxidative coupling of
methane. Besides catalytic testing, it is also a suitable system to perform surface science …

Density functional calculations yield energy barriers for H abstraction by oxygen radical sites
in Li‐doped MgO that are much smaller (12±6 kJ mol− 1) than the barriers inferred from …

This review presents a selection of recent publications related to the chemistry and catalysis
of C1 molecules, including methane, methanol, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide …