articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyAug 15, 2022Closed access

Elevating Photooxidation of Methane to Formaldehyde via TiO 2 Crystal Phase Engineering

Peking University · National Center for Nanoscience and Technology · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Photocatalytic conversion of methane to value-added products under mild conditions, which represents a long sought-after goal for industrial sustainable production, remains extremely challenging to afford high production and selectivity using cheap catalysts. Herein, we present the crystal phase engineering of commercially available anatase TiO2 via simple thermal annealing to optimize the structure–property correlation. A biphase catalyst with anatase (90%) and rutile (10%) TiO2 with the optimal phase interface concentration exhibits exceptional performance in the oxidation of methane to formaldehyde under the reaction conditions of water solvent, oxygen atmosphere, and full-spectrum light irradiation. An…

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