Cooperative coupling of oxidative organic synthesis and hydrogen production over semiconductor-based photocatalysts

MY Qi, M Conte, M Anpo, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Merging hydrogen (H2) evolution with oxidative organic synthesis in a semiconductor-
mediated photoredox reaction is extremely attractive because the clean H2 fuel and high …

Fundamentals and applications of photo-thermal catalysis

D Mateo, JL Cerrillo, S Durini, J Gascon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-thermal catalysis has recently emerged as an alternative route to drive chemical
reactions using light as an energy source. Through the synergistic combination of photo-and …

Solar-driven hydrogen production: recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives

H Song, S Luo, H Huang, B Deng, J Ye - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar H2 production is considered as a potentially promising way to utilize solar energy and
tackle climate change stemming from the combustion of fossil fuels. Photocatalytic …

Synergy of Pd atoms and oxygen vacancies on In2O3 for methane conversion under visible light

L Luo, L Fu, H Liu, Y Xu, J Xing, CR Chang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Methane (CH4) oxidation to high value chemicals under mild conditions through
photocatalysis is a sustainable and appealing pathway, nevertheless confronting the critical …

A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen

S Song, H Song, L Li, S Wang, W Chu, K Peng… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Direct oxidation of methane to valuable chemicals is a great challenge as catalysts with both
high activity and selectivity for the activation of inert C–H bonds are required. Here, we …

Greenhouse-inspired supra-photothermal CO2 catalysis

M Cai, Z Wu, Z Li, L Wang, W Sun, AA Tountas, C Li… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Converting carbon dioxide photocatalytically into fuels using solar energy is an attractive
route to move away from a reliance on fossil fuels. Photothermal CO2 catalysis is one …

Toward solar-driven carbon recycling

H Lin, S Luo, H Zhang, J Ye - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Carbon recycling will become a dominant trend toward alleviating extreme climate change
and coping with the increasing energy demand in the coming years. Solar-driven strategies …

Oxo dicopper anchored on carbon nitride for selective oxidation of methane

P Xie, J Ding, Z Yao, T Pu, P Zhang, Z Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Selective conversion of methane (CH4) into value-added chemicals represents a grand
challenge for the efficient utilization of rising hydrocarbon sources. We report here dimeric …

Confining charge-transfer complex in a metal-organic framework for photocatalytic CO2 reduction in water

S Karmakar, S Barman, FA Rahimi, D Rambabu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the quest for renewable fuel production, the selective conversion of CO2 to CH4 under
visible light in water is a leading-edge challenge considering the involvement of kinetically …

Direct photo-oxidation of methane to methanol over a mono-iron hydroxyl site

B An, Z Li, Z Wang, X Zeng, X Han, Y Cheng… - Nature Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Natural gas, consisting mainly of methane (CH4), has a relatively low energy density at
ambient conditions (~ 36 kJ l− 1). Partial oxidation of CH4 to methanol (CH3OH) lifts the …