Direct conversion of methane to formaldehyde and CO on B2O3 catalysts

Jinshu Tian; Jiangqiao Tan; Zhaoxia Zhang; Peijie Han; Min Yin; Shaolong Wan; Jingdong Lin; Shuai Wang; Yong Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19517-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Direct conversion of methane to formaldehyde and CO on B2O3 catalysts

Jinshu Tian,
Jiangqiao Tan,
Zhaoxia Zhang,
Peijie Han,
Min Yin,
Shaolong Wan,
Jingdong Lin,
Shuai Wang,
Yong Wang

Affiliations

Jinshu Tian: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Jiangqiao Tan: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Zhaoxia Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Peijie Han: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Min Yin: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Shaolong Wan: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Jingdong Lin: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Shuai Wang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Green Chemical Productions of Alcohols-Ethers-Esters, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yong Wang: Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19517-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Partial oxidation of methane to value-added C1 products remains challenging due to the favorable formation of fully-oxidized CO2. Here, the authors show supported B2O3 catalysts with tri-coordinated BO3 units as the active site are highly selective in oxidizing methane to HCHO and CO.

Published in Nature Communications

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