Direct conversion technologies of methane to methanol: An overview

Z Zakaria, SK Kamarudin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) is a major air pollution issue that affects climate
change across the globe. Methane (CH 4), behind carbon dioxide (CO 2), is the second …

Photocatalytic Methane Conversion: Insight into the Mechanism of C(sp3)–H Bond Activation

Y Jiang, Y Fan, S Li, Z Tang - CCS Chemistry, 2023 - chinesechemsoc.org
Mild and direct conversion of methane into high value-added products is a desired goal for
chemistry, energy, and environment. The active species generated in the photocatalytic …

Application of metal–organic frameworks as an alternative to metal oxide-based photocatalysts for the production of industrially important organic chemicals

AS Belousov, EV Suleimanov - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The present critical review reports progress over the last 10 years in the heterogeneous
photocatalytic conversion to produce value-added organic products that have the potential …

[HTML][HTML] Overview on oxidation mechanisms of organic compounds by TiO2 in heterogeneous photocatalysis

V Augugliaro, M Bellardita, V Loddo… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This review provides the reader with a general overview on heterogeneous photocatalytic
oxidation mechanisms in the presence of TiO2, with a special address to conversion of …

Heterogeneous photocatalytic hydrogen production from water and biomass derivatives

K Shimura, H Yoshida - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen, a clean energy carrier, should be produced from not the irreproducible fossil fuels
but renewable resources. Currently hydrogen is mainly produced by the reforming of …

Photocatalysis: a promising route for 21st century organic chemistry

G Palmisano, V Augugliaro, M Pagliaro… - Chemical …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the main goals of 21st century chemistry is to replace environmentally hazardous
processes with energy efficient routes allowing to totally avoid the use and production of …

Mesoporous WO3 photocatalyst for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol using electron scavengers

K Villa, S Murcia-López, T Andreu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mesoporous WO 3 was synthesized by replicating technique using ordered mesoporous
silica KIT-6 as the template. The obtained material exhibits high surface area (151 m 2 g− 1) …

Direct combination of hydrogen evolution from water and methane conversion in a photocatalytic system over Pt/TiO2

L Yu, Y Shao, D Li - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
The CH 4 conversion under ambient condition remains a challenge over the past years, and
the production of the ideal clean energy of H 2 is considered as an alternative method to …

Selective photocatalytic conversion of methane into carbon monoxide over zinc-heteropolyacid-titania nanocomposites

X Yu, V De Waele, A Löfberg, V Ordomsky… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chemical utilization of vast fossil and renewable feedstocks of methane remains one of the
most important challenges of modern chemistry. Herein, we report direct and selective …

Unprecedentedly high efficiency for photocatalytic conversion of methane to methanol over Au–Pd/TiO 2–what is the role of each component in the system?

X Cai, S Fang, YH Hu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct and highly efficient conversion of methane to methanol under mild conditions still
remains a great challenge. Here, we report that Au–Pd/TiO2 could directly catalyze the …