Water-promoted selective photocatalytic methane oxidation for methanol production.

ABSTRACT: Converting relatively inert methane into active chemical fuels such as methanol with high selectivity through an energy-saving strategy has remained a grand challenge. Photocatalytic technology consuming solar energy is an appealing alternative for methane reforming. However, the low efficiency and the undesirable formation of low-value products, such as carbon dioxide and ethane, limit the commercial application of photocatalytic technology. Herein, we find a facile and practical water-promoted pathway for photocatalytic methane reforming into methanol, enabling methanol production from methane and oxygen with a high selectivity (>93%) and production rate (21.4 μmol cm^-2 h^-1 or 45.5 mmol g^-1 h^-1) on metallic Ag nanoparticle-loaded InGaN nanowire

SUBMITTER: Zhou P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806830 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature