Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

High-efficiency direct methane conversion to oxygenates on a cerium dioxide nanowires supported rhodium single-atom catalyst

  • Shuxing Bai,
  • Fangfang Liu,
  • Bolong Huang,
  • Fan Li,
  • Haiping Lin,
  • Tong Wu,
  • Mingzi Sun,
  • Jianbo Wu,
  • Qi Shao,
  • Yong Xu,
  • Xiaoqing Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14742-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Direct methane conversion to high value-added products is a promising way for highly-efficient utilization of methane. Here, the authors demonstrate that rhodium single-atom supported on cerium dioxide nanowires can selectively convert methane to oxygenates under mild conditions.