As a primary type of clean energy, methane is also the second most important greenhouse
gas after CO 2 due to the high global warming potential. Large quantities of lean methane …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) harm the environment and human health and have
been of wide concern and purified efficiently by catalytic oxidation. Spinel oxides, mainly …

The insights on the primary active oxygen specie and its relation with oxygen vacancy is
essential for the design of low-temperature oxidation catalysts. Herein, oxygen vacancy-rich …

In the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Co3O4 catalysts with various
morphologies are highly efficient due to rich active sites such as Co3+, adsorbed oxygen …

Catalytic combustion of methane is a promising way of eliminating fugitive methane
emissions to meet the rising requirement of the wide application of natural gas vehicles. The …

Surface lattice oxygen is crucial to the degradation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
over transition metal oxides according to the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism. Herein, λ …

The direct emission of lean methane (0.1–1.0 vol%) into the atmosphere causes a serious
greenhouse effect and energy waste. Catalytic methane combustion technology has great …

Advanced defective structure in Co 3 O 4 catalyst plays a vital role in the boost of catalytic
oxidation activity. In this study, a rational defects engineering strategy was developed by …

Cobalt oxide Co3O4 has recently emerged as promising, noble metal-free catalyst for
oxidation reactions but a better understanding of the active catalyst under working …

The efficient catalysis of light alkanes, such as extremely stable methane (CH4), continues to
be a pressing challenge. We successfully introduced Ni ions into the Co3O4 spinel structural …