Efficient and selective photocatalytic CH4 conversion to CH3OH with O2 by controlling overoxidation on TiO2

Ningdong Feng; Huiwen Lin; Hui Song; Longxiao Yang; Daiming Tang; Feng Deng; Jinhua Ye

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24912-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Efficient and selective photocatalytic CH4 conversion to CH3OH with O2 by controlling overoxidation on TiO2

Ningdong Feng,
Huiwen Lin,
Hui Song,
Longxiao Yang,
Daiming Tang,
Feng Deng,
Jinhua Ye

Affiliations

Ningdong Feng: State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huiwen Lin: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Hui Song: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Longxiao Yang: State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daiming Tang: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Feng Deng: State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinhua Ye: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24912-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The photocatalytic conversion of CH4 into CH3OH with high activity and selectivity must avoid product overoxidation. Here, authors minimize overoxidation by using a (001)-dominated TiO2 nanosheet to circumvent CH4 overoxidation intermediates plus reaction pathways that occur on (101) facets.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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