Highly efficient light-driven methane coupling under ambient conditions based on an integrated design of a photocatalytic system

• Published in: Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC Vol. 22; no. 14; pp. 4669 - 4675
• Main Authors: Lang, Junyu, Ma, Yuli, Wu, Xuechen, Jiang, Yueyue, Hu, Yun Hang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Catalysts; Continuous flow; Coupling; Deactivation; Ethane; Gold; Green chemistry; High temperature; Hydrogen bonds; Irradiation; Light reflection; Methane; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrons; Radiation; Recombination; Room temperature; Selectivity; Temperature requirements; Titanium dioxide

Direct non-oxidative coupling of methane (NOCM) is an effective way to produce hydrocarbons. However, this process usually requires a high temperature (≥1100 °C) to break the C-H bond of CH 4 and suffers catalyst deactivation due to coke formation. Photocatalytic NOCM is an ideal strategy to solve t...