Li, Xiyi;
Wang, Chao;
Yang, Jianlong;
Xu, Youxun;
Yang, Yi;
Yu, Jiaguo;
Delgado, Juan J;
... Tang, Junwang; + view all
(2023)
PdCu nanoalloy decorated photocatalysts for efficient and selective oxidative coupling of methane in flow reactors.
Nature Communications
, 14
, Article 6343. 10.1038/s41467-023-41996-y.
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Abstract
Methane activation by photocatalysis is one of the promising sustainable technologies for chemical synthesis. However, the current efficiency and stability of the process are moderate. Herein, a PdCu nanoalloy (~2.3 nm) was decorated on TiO2, which works for the efficient, stable, and selective photocatalytic oxidative coupling of methane at room temperature. A high methane conversion rate of 2480 μmol g-1 h-1 to C2 with an apparent quantum efficiency of ~8.4% has been achieved. More importantly, the photocatalyst exhibits the turnover frequency and turnover number of 116 h-1 and 12,642 with respect to PdCu, representing a record among all the photocatalytic processes (λ > 300 nm) operated at room temperature, together with a long stability of over 112 hours. The nanoalloy works as a hole acceptor, in which Pd softens and weakens C-H bond in methane and Cu decreases the adsorption energy of C2 products, leading to the high efficiency and long-time stability.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | PdCu nanoalloy decorated photocatalysts for efficient and selective oxidative coupling of methane in flow reactors |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-023-41996-y |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41996-y |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179143 |
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