C–H bond activation in light alkanes: a theoretical perspective

Y Wang, P Hu, J Yang, YA Zhu, D Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkanes are the major constituents of natural gas and crude oil, the feedstocks for the
chemical industry. The efficient and selective activation of C–H bonds can convert abundant …

A review of different catalytic systems for dry reforming of methane: Conventional catalysis-alone and plasma-catalytic system

C Shi, S Wang, X Ge, S Deng, B Chen, J Shen - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2021 - Elsevier
Dry reforming of methane (DRM) uses methane (CH 4) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) as raw
materials to produce syngas, which has unique economic and environmental benefits …

Understanding trends in C–H bond activation in heterogeneous catalysis

AA Latimer, AR Kulkarni, H Aljama, JH Montoya… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
While the search for catalysts capable of directly converting methane to higher value
commodity chemicals and liquid fuels has been active for over a century, a viable industrial …

Low-temperature methane oxidation for efficient emission control in natural gas vehicles: Pd and beyond

D Jiang, K Khivantsev, Y Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Replacing traditional fossil fuels with sustainable and clean energy has been imperative in
order to address the occurrent energy and environmental crises. During this foreseen global …

Low-temperature activation of methane on the IrO2(110) surface

Z Liang, T Li, M Kim, A Asthagiri, JF Weaver - Science, 2017 - science.org
Methane undergoes highly facile C–H bond cleavage on the stoichiometric IrO2 (110)
surface. From temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy experiments, we found that …

A Review on the Impact of SO2 on the Oxidation of NO, Hydrocarbons, and CO in Diesel Emission Control Catalysis

W Yang, J Gong, X Wang, Z Bao, Y Guo, Z Wu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
A high-efficiency after-treatment technology has been required to meet the increasingly
stringent regulations on the emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x), hydrocarbons (HCs), and …

Shale gas revolution: catalytic conversion of C1–C3 light alkanes to value-added chemicals

X Li, C Pei, J Gong - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
Shale gas is the main source and reservoir of natural gas, and contains a small fraction of
ethane and propane. Along with the increasing exploitation scale, shale gas has the …

Nature of the Active Sites on Ni/CeO2 Catalysts for Methane Conversions

PG Lustemberg, Z Mao, A Salcedo, B Irigoyen… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Effective catalysts for the direct conversion of methane to methanol and for methane's dry
reforming to syngas are Holy Grails of catalysis research toward clean energy technologies …

Low temperature activation of methane on metal-oxides and complex interfaces: Insights from surface science

SD Senanayake, JA Rodriguez… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The abundance of cheap, natural gas has transformed the energy landscape,
whereby revealing new possibilities for sustainable chemical technologies or impacting …

Surface reaction kinetics of methane oxidation over PdO

H Stotz, L Maier, A Boubnov, AT Gremminger… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A two-site mean field extended microkinetic model was developed based on DFT data to
investigate the methane oxidation reaction over PdO (1 0 1) for environmental applications …