Advancing light olefin production: Exploring pathways, catalyst development, and future prospects

O Singh, HS Khairun, H Joshi, B Sarkar, NK Gupta - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
The utilization of light olefins (C 2-C 4) as fundamental building blocks in chemical industries
has been a subject of extensive research, particularly in exploring their production through a …

Recent advances in the catalytic conversion of methane to methanol: From the challenges of traditional catalysts to the use of nanomaterials and metal-organic …

SA Vali, AA Markeb, J Moral-Vico, X Font, A Sánchez - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Methane and carbon dioxide are the main contributors to global warming, with the methane
effect being 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Although the sources of methane …

Water microdroplets-initiated methane oxidation

X Song, C Basheer, RN Zare - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The special redox reactivity of water microdroplets causes “mild ignition” of methane gas to
form methane oxygenates. The C (sp3)–H bond of methane can be activated by the hydroxyl …

Synergetic Ni–Ce active sites in mixed Cerium/Zirconium metal–organic framework nodes for selective methane oxidation into ethanol

W Begum, M Chauhan, R Kalita, P Gupta, N Akhtar… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The direct oxidation of methane into ethanol with high productivity under mild conditions is a
grand challenge. We report the development of mixed cerium/zirconium metal–organic …

In Situ Defect Engineering of Fe‐MIL for Self‐Enhanced Peroxidase‐Like Activity

Y Cai, Y Wu, Y Tang, W Xu, Y Chen, R Su, Y Fan… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Defect engineering is an effective strategy to enhance the enzyme‐like activity of
nanozymes. However, previous efforts have primarily focused on introducing defects via de …

Artificial-Cofactor-Mediated Hydrogen and Electron Transfer Endows AuFe/Polydopamine Superparticles with Enhanced Glucose Oxidase-Like Activity

Y Tang, X Liu, P Qi, W Xu, Y Wu, Y Cai, W Gu… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Various applications related to glucose catalysis have led to the development of functional
nanozymes with glucose oxidase (GOX)-like activity. However, the unsatisfactory catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Electrocatalytic conversion of methane: recent progress and future prospects

L Yan, L Jiang, C Qian, S Zhou - Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane has gained significant attention due to its abundant reserves and notable
greenhouse effect. Electrocatalytic conversion of methane is an efficient and green pathway …

Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Temperature and Catalytic Activation within Individual Catalyst Particles

Y Tian, M Gao, H Xie, S Xu, M Ye… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Temperature is a critical parameter in chemical conversion, significantly affecting the
reaction kinetics and thermodynamics. Measuring temperature inside catalyst particles of …

Rutile TiO2-Supported Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Ethane to Ethanol

A Oda, Y Kimura, K Ichino, Y Yamamoto… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Structure–function relationships of supported metal nanoparticle catalysts in the CO-assisted
oxidation of ethane to ethanol were investigated. A rutile TiO2-supported Pt nanoparticle …

Stability and Dynamics of Zeolite-Confined Gold Nanoclusters

S Sonti, C Sun, Z Chen, RM Kowalski… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanoengineered metal@ zeolite materials have recently emerged as a promising class of
catalysts for several industrially relevant reactions. These materials, which consist of small …