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Meng H, Han B, Li F, Zhao J, Chen Z. Understanding the CH4 Conversion over Metal Dimers from First Principles. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12091518. [PMID: 35564225 PMCID: PMC9100024 DOI: 10.3390/nano12091518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Inspired by the advantages of bi-atom catalysts and recent exciting progresses of nanozymes, by means of density functional theory (DFT) computations, we explored the potential of metal dimers embedded in phthalocyanine monolayers (M2-Pc), which mimics the binuclear centers of methane monooxygenase, as catalysts for methane conversion using H2O2 as an oxidant. In total, 26 transition metal (from group IB to VIIIB) and four main group metal (M = Al, Ga, Sn and Bi) dimers were considered, and two methane conversion routes, namely *O-assisted and *OH-assisted mechanisms were systematically studied. The results show that methane conversion proceeds via an *OH-assisted mechanism on the Ti2-Pc, Zr2-Pc and Ta2-Pc, a combination of *O- and *OH-assisted mechanism on the surface of Sc2-Pc, respectively. Our theoretical work may provide impetus to developing new catalysts for methane conversion and help stimulate further studies on metal dimer catalysts for other catalytic reactions.
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- Haihong Meng
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China; (H.M.); (B.H.)
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China; (H.M.); (B.H.)
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China; (H.M.); (B.H.)
- Correspondence: (F.L.); (J.Z.); (Z.C.)
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- Key Laboratory of Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
- Correspondence: (F.L.); (J.Z.); (Z.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00931, USA
- Correspondence: (F.L.); (J.Z.); (Z.C.)
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Rodriguez JA, Rui N, Zhang F, Senanayake SD. In Situ Studies of Methane Activation Using Synchrotron-Based Techniques: Guiding the Conversion of C–H Bonds. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- José A. Rodriguez
- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Abdelgaid M, Mpourmpakis G. Structure–Activity Relationships in Lewis Acid–Base Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mona Abdelgaid
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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Catalysis is at the core of chemistry and has been essential to make all the goods surrounding us, including fuels, coatings, plastics and other functional materials. In the near future, catalysis will also be an essential tool in making the shift from a fossil-fuel-based to a more renewable and circular society. To make this reality, we have to better understand the fundamental concept of the active site in catalysis. Here, we discuss the physical meaning - and deduce the validity and, therefore, usefulness - of some common approaches in heterogeneous catalysis, such as linking catalyst activity to a 'turnover frequency' and explaining catalytic performance in terms of 'structure sensitivity' or 'structure insensitivity'. Catalytic concepts from the fields of enzymatic and homogeneous catalysis are compared, ultimately realizing that the struggle that one encounters in defining the active site in most solid catalysts is likely the one we must overcome to reach our end goal: tailoring the precise functioning of the active sites with respect to many different parameters to satisfy our ever-growing needs. This article ends with an outlook of what may become feasible within the not-too-distant future with modern experimental and theoretical tools at hand.
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Wang S, Yu B, Wang L. A DFT Study of Boron Nitride-confined Nickel Single Atoms for the Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:21886-21891. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03671a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Direct oxidation of methane to methanol (DMTM) remains an economically tantalizing but fundamentally challenging goal because of the highly stable C-H bonds. By using density functional theory calculations, we investigated...
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Hall JN, Li M, Bollini P. Light alkane oxidation over well-defined active sites in metal–organic framework materials. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01876k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We review structure–catalytic property relationships for MOF materials used in the direct oxidation of light alkanes, focusing specifically on the elucidation of active site structures and probes for reaction mechanisms.
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- Jacklyn N. Hall
- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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Andriani KF, Felício-Sousa P, Morais FO, Da Silva JLF. Role of quantum-size effects in the dehydrogenation of CH4 on 3d TMn clusters: DFT calculations combined with data mining. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01785c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Adsorption modes identified by clustering algorithms for CH4 adsorption on TMn clusters.
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- Karla F. Andriani
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 400, 13566-590, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Long J, Zhao Y, Luo J, Hu H, Shen J, Zhang Z, Yuan R, Huang H. AuPd Nanoparticles Decorated Ultrathin Bi2TiO4F2 Sheets for Photocatalytic Methane Oxidation. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00958g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Bi2TiO4F2 nanosheets with abundant polarity surfaces make them a good candidate photocatalyst for CH4 activation. Decorated with AuPd alloy nanoparticles, an highly efficient CH4 to CH3OH transformation of 277.32 µmol/g/h...
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- Hui Zhou
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory for Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 P.R. China
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Luo L, Gong Z, Xu Y, Ma J, Liu H, Xing J, Tang J. Binary Au-Cu Reaction Sites Decorated ZnO for Selective Methane Oxidation to C1 Oxygenates with Nearly 100% Selectivity at Room Temperature. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 144:740-750. [PMID: 34928583 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Direct and efficient oxidation of methane to methanol and the related liquid oxygenates provides a promising pathway for sustainable chemical industry, while still remaining an ongoing challenge owing to the dilemma between methane activation and overoxidation. Here, ZnO with highly dispersed dual Au and Cu species as cocatalysts enables efficient and selective photocatalytic conversion of methane to methanol and one-carbon (C1) oxygenates using O2 as the oxidant operated at ambient temperature. The optimized AuCu-ZnO photocatalyst achieves up to 11225 μmol·g-1·h-1 of primary products (CH3OH and CH3OOH) and HCHO with a nearly 100% selectivity, resulting in a 14.1% apparent quantum yield at 365 nm, much higher than the previous best photocatalysts reported for methane conversion to oxygenates. In situ EPR and XPS disclose that Cu species serve as photoinduced electron mediators to promote O2 activation to •OOH, and simultaneously that Au is an efficient hole acceptor to enhance H2O oxidation to •OH, thus synergistically promoting charge separation and methane transformation. This work highlights the significances of co-modification with suitable dual cocatalysts on simultaneous regulation of activity and selectivity.
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- Lei Luo
- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, the Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, the Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, the Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, the Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, the Energy and Catalysis Hub, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, U.K
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Lustemberg PG, Mao Z, Salcedo A, Irigoyen B, Ganduglia-Pirovano MV, Campbell CT. Nature of the Active Sites on Ni/CeO 2 Catalysts for Methane Conversions. ACS Catal 2021; 11:10604-10613. [PMID: 34484854 PMCID: PMC8411779 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Effective
catalysts for the direct conversion of methane to methanol
and for methane’s dry reforming to syngas are Holy Grails of
catalysis research toward clean energy technologies. It has recently
been discovered that Ni at low loadings on CeO2(111) is
very active for both of these reactions. Revealing the nature of the
active sites in such systems is paramount to a rational design of
improved catalysts. Here, we correlate experimental measurements on
the CeO2(111) surface to show that the most active sites
are cationic Ni atoms in clusters at step edges, with a small size
wherein they have the highest Ni chemical potential. We clarify the
reasons for this observation using density functional theory calculations.
Focusing on the activation barrier for C–H bond cleavage during
the dissociative adsorption of CH4 as an example, we show
that the size and morphology of the supported Ni nanoparticles together
with strong Ni-support bonding and charge transfer at the step edge
are key to the high catalytic activity. We anticipate that this knowledge
will inspire the development of more efficient catalysts for these
reactions.
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- Pablo G. Lustemberg
- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Física Rosario (IFIR-CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), S2000EKF Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Tecnologías del Hidrógeno y Energías Sostenibles (ITHES, CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Tecnologías del Hidrógeno y Energías Sostenibles (ITHES, CONICET-UBA), Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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Blankenship AN, Ravi M, Newton MA, van Bokhoven JA. Heterogeneously Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Methane to a Methyl Derivative. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18138-18143. [PMID: 34076327 PMCID: PMC8456920 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A promising strategy to break through the selectivity‐conversion limit of direct methane conversion to achieve high yields is the protection of methanol via esterification to a more stable methyl ester. We present an aerobic methane‐to‐methyl‐ester approach that utilizes a highly dispersed, cobalt‐containing solid catalyst, along with significantly more favorable reaction conditions compared to existing homogeneously‐catalyzed approaches (e.g. diluted acid, O2 oxidant, moderate temperature and pressure). The trifluoroacetic acid medium is diluted (<25 wt %) with an inert fluorous co‐solvent that can be recovered after the separation of the methyl trifluoroacetate via liquid–liquid extraction at ambient conditions. Silica‐supported cobalt catalysts are highly active in this system, with competitive yields and turnovers in comparison to known aerobic transition metal‐based catalytic systems.
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- Andrea N Blankenship
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.,Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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Blankenship AN, Ravi M, Newton MA, Bokhoven JA. Heterogeneously Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Methane to a Methyl Derivative. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Andrea N. Blankenship
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zurich Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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Feng N, Lin H, Song H, Yang L, Tang D, Deng F, Ye J. Efficient and selective photocatalytic CH 4 conversion to CH 3OH with O 2 by controlling overoxidation on TiO 2. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4652. [PMID: 34341354 PMCID: PMC8329221 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24912-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The conversion of photocatalytic methane into methanol in high yield with selectivity remains a huge challenge due to unavoidable overoxidation. Here, the photocatalytic oxidation of CH4 into CH3OH by O2 is carried out on Ag-decorated facet-dominated TiO2. The {001}-dominated TiO2 shows a durable CH3OH yield of 4.8 mmol g−1 h−1 and a selectivity of approximately 80%, which represent much higher values than those reported in recent studies and are better than those obtained for {101}-dominated TiO2. Operando Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques are used to comprehensively clarify the underlying mechanism. The straightforward generation of oxygen vacancies on {001} by photoinduced holes plays a key role in avoiding the formation of •CH3 and •OH, which are the main factors leading to overoxidation and are generally formed on the {101} facet. The generation of oxygen vacancies on {001} results in distinct intermediates and reaction pathways (oxygen vacancy → Ti–O2• → Ti–OO–Ti and Ti–(OO) → Ti–O• pairs), thus achieving high selectivity and yield for CH4 photooxidation into CH3OH. The photocatalytic conversion of CH4 into CH3OH with high activity and selectivity must avoid product overoxidation. Here, authors minimize overoxidation by using a (001)-dominated TiO2 nanosheet to circumvent CH4 overoxidation intermediates plus reaction pathways that occur on (101) facets.
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- Ningdong Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. .,International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan.
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan.,College of Materials Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Ibaraki, Japan. .,TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
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Vennelakanti V, Nandy A, Kulik HJ. The Effect of Hartree-Fock Exchange on Scaling Relations and Reaction Energetics for C–H Activation Catalysts. Top Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01482-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Li H, Hu Y, Li L, Xie Y, Schaefer HF. Synthesis of Methanesulfonic Acid Directly from Methane: The Cation Mechanism or the Radical Mechanism? J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:6486-6491. [PMID: 34240874 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In 2019, Diaz-Urrutia and Ott developed a high-yield method for direct conversion of methane to methanesulfonic acid and proposed a cationic chain reaction mechanism. However, Roytman and Singleton questioned this mechanism, and they favored a free-radical mechanism. In the present paper, we studied both the cationic chain and radical mechanisms and found the radical mechanism is more favorable, since it has a much lower energy barrier. However, the radical mechanism has not considered the effect of ions for the reaction taking place in oleum. Thus, we studied a simple model of a protonated radical mechanism, which further lowers the energy barrier. Although the true mechanism for the CH4 + SO3 reaction could be more complicated in electrolyte solutions, this model should be helpful for the further study of the mechanism of this reaction.
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- Huidong Li
- School of Science, Key Laboratory of High Performance Scientific Computation, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, P. R. China
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- School of Science, Key Laboratory of High Performance Scientific Computation, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, P. R. China
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- College of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Susannah L Scott
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Dinh KT, Sullivan MM, Serna P, Meyer RJ, Román-Leshkov Y. Breaking the Selectivity-Conversion Limit of Partial Methane Oxidation with Tandem Heterogeneous Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kimberly T. Dinh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale, New Jersey 08801, United States
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- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale, New Jersey 08801, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Meyet J, Ashuiev A, Noh G, Newton MA, Klose D, Searles K, Bavel AP, Horton AD, Jeschke G, Bokhoven JA, Copéret C. Methane‐to‐Methanol on Mononuclear Copper(II) Sites Supported on Al
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O
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: Structure of Active Sites from Electron Paramagnetic Resonance**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202105307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jordan Meyet
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Grasweg 31 1031 HW Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Grasweg 31 1031 HW Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences ETH Zurich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1–5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Zhan C, Li X, Yang Y, Nielsen J, Bai Z, Chen Y. Strategies and challenges with the microbial conversion of methanol to high-value chemicals. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 118:3655-3668. [PMID: 34133022 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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As alternatives to traditional fermentation substrates, methanol (CH3 OH), carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and methane (CH4 ) represent promising one-carbon (C1) sources that are readily available at low-cost and share similar metabolic pathway. Of these C1 compounds, methanol is used as a carbon and energy source by native methylotrophs, and can be obtained from CO2 and CH4 by chemical catalysis. Therefore, constructing and rewiring methanol utilization pathways may enable the use of one-carbon sources for microbial fermentations. Recent bioengineering efforts have shown that both native and nonnative methylotrophic organisms can be engineered to convert methanol, together with other carbon sources, into biofuels and other commodity chemicals. However, many challenges remain and must be overcome before industrial-scale bioprocessing can be established using these engineered cell refineries. Here, we provide a comprehensive summary and comparison of methanol metabolic pathways from different methylotrophs, followed by a review of recent progress in engineering methanol metabolic pathways in vitro and in vivo to produce chemicals. We discuss the major challenges associated with establishing efficient methanol metabolic pathways in microbial cells, and propose improved designs for future engineering.
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- Chunjun Zhan
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.,BioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.,The Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Meyet J, Ashuiev A, Noh G, Newton MA, Klose D, Searles K, van Bavel AP, Horton AD, Jeschke G, van Bokhoven JA, Copéret C. Methane-to-Methanol on Mononuclear Copper(II) Sites Supported on Al 2 O 3 : Structure of Active Sites from Electron Paramagnetic Resonance*. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16200-16207. [PMID: 34132453 PMCID: PMC8361669 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202105307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The selective conversion of methane to methanol remains one of the holy grails of chemistry, where Cu‐exchanged zeolites have been shown promote this reaction under stepwise conditions. Over the years, several active sites have been proposed, ranging from mono‐, di‐ to trimeric CuII. Herein, we report the formation of well‐dispersed monomeric CuII species supported on alumina using surface organometallic chemistry and their reactivity towards the selective and stepwise conversion of methane to methanol. Extensive studies using various transition alumina supports combined with spectroscopic characterization, in particular electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), show that the active sites are associated with specific facets, which are typically found in γ‐ and η‐alumina phase, and that their EPR signature can be attributed to species having a tri‐coordinated [(Al2O)CuIIO(OH)]− T‐shape geometry. Overall, the selective conversion of methane to methanol, a two‐electron process, involves two monomeric CuII sites that play in concert.
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- Jordan Meyet
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V., Grasweg 31, 1031, HW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V., Grasweg 31, 1031, HW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.,Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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Göltl F, Bhandari S, Mavrikakis M. Thermodynamics Perspective on the Stepwise Conversion of Methane to Methanol over Cu-Exchanged SSZ-13. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Florian Göltl
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin−Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Meenu PC, Datta SP, Singh SA, Dinda S, Chakraborty C, Roy S. A compendium on metal organic framework materials and their derivatives as electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation reaction. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Suleiman O, Panthi D, Adeyiga O, Odoh SO. Methane C-H Activation by [Cu 2O] 2+ and [Cu 3O 3] 2+ in Copper-Exchanged Zeolites: Computational Analysis of Redox Chemistry and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:6218-6227. [PMID: 33876934 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is an ongoing debate regarding the role of [Cu3O3]2+ in methane-to-methanol conversion by copper-exchanged zeolites. Here, we perform electronic structure analysis and localized orbital bonding analysis to probe the redox chemistry of its Cu and μ-oxo sites. Also, the X-ray absorption near-edge structure, XANES, of methane activation in [Cu3O3]2+ is compared to that of the more ubiquitous [Cu2O]2+. Methane C-H activation is associated with only the Cu2+/Cu+ redox couple in [Cu2O]2+. For [Cu3O3]2+, there is no basis for the Cu3+/Cu2+ couple's participation at the density functional theory ground state. In [Cu3O3]2+, there are many possible intrazeolite intermediates for methane activation. In the nine possibilities that we examined, methane activation is driven by a combination of the Cu2+/Cu+ and oxyl/O2- redox couples. Based on this, the Cu 1s-edge XANES spectra of [Cu2O]2+ and [Cu3O3]2+ should both have energy signatures of Cu2+ → Cu+ reduction during methane activation. This is indeed what we obtained from the calculated XANES spectra. [Cu2O]2+ and [Cu3O3]2+ intermediates with one Cu+ site are shifted by 0.9-1.7 eV, while those with two Cu+ sites are shifted by 3.0-4.2 eV. These are near a range of 2.5-3.2 eV observed experimentally after contacting methane with activated copper-exchanged zeolites. Thus, activation of methane by [Cu3O3]2+ will lead to formation of Cu+ sites. Importantly, for future quantitative XANES studies, involvement of O- + e- → O2- in [Cu3O3]2+ implies a disconnect between the overall reactivity and the number of electrons used in the Cu2+/Cu+ redox couple.
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- Olabisi Suleiman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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Felício-Sousa P, Andriani KF, Da Silva JLF. Ab initio investigation of the role of the d-states occupation on the adsorption properties of H 2, CO, CH 4 and CH 3OH on the Fe 13, Co 13, Ni 13 and Cu 13 clusters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:8739-8751. [PMID: 33876033 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06091g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Here, we report a theoretical investigation, based on density functional theory calculations, into the role of the occupation d-states on the adsorption properties of CH4, CO, H2 and CH3OH on 3d 13-atom transition-metal (TM13) clusters (TM = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu). Except for Cu13, a gradual increase in the occupation of the d-states, i.e., from Fe13 to Ni13, increases the magnitude of the adsorption energy almost linearly for the H2/TM13 and CO/TM13 systems, which can be explained by the enhancement of the sp-d hybridization due to the shift of the d-states towards the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO). For Cu13, the d-states are located well below the HOMO, which reduces the sp-d hybridization, and hence, a smaller adsorption energy is obtained. However, this picture does not hold for CH4/TM13 and CH3OH/TM13, where the adsorption energy has nearly the same value for all TM13 clusters, which can be explained by electrostatic effects such as local polarization of the molecules and nearby TM atoms, and hence, the basic features of physisorption systems. Based on the electron density difference, the polarization effects are slightly larger for systems with empty d-states.
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- Priscilla Felício-Sousa
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, PO Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Martin R, Kim M, Asthagiri A, Weaver JF. Alkane Activation and Oxidation on Late-Transition-Metal Oxides: Challenges and Opportunities. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Rachel Martin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Kwon D, Yang I, An S, Cho J, Ha JM, Jung JC. A study on active sites of A2BO4 catalysts with perovskite-like structures in oxidative coupling of methane. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Sader S, Miliordos E. Methane to Methanol Conversion Facilitated by Anionic Transition Metal Centers: The Case of Fe, Ni, Pd, and Pt. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2364-2373. [PMID: 33710883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Density functional theory and high-level ab initio electronic structure calculations are performed to study the mechanism of the partial oxidation of methane to methanol facilitated by the titled anionic transition metal atoms. The energy landscape for the overall reaction M- + N2O + CH4 → M- + N2 + CH3OH (M = Fe, Ni, Pd, Pt) is constructed for different reaction pathways for all four metals. The comparison with earlier experimental and theoretical results for cationic centers demonstrates the better performance of the metal anions. The main advantage is that anionic centers interact weakly with the produced methanol. This fact facilitates the fast removal of methanol from the catalytic center and prevents the overoxidation of methane. Moreover, a moderate or high energy barrier for the M- + CH4 → HMCH3- reaction step is observed, which protects the metal center from deactivation. Future work should focus on the identification of proper ligands, which stabilize the negative charge on the metal (electronic factors) and prevent the formation of the global CH3MOH- minimum (steric factors). Finally, a composite electronic structure method (combining size extensive coupled clusters approaches and accurate multireference configuration interaction) is proposed for computationally demanding systems and is applied to Fe-.
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- Safaa Sader
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Baerlocher C, McCusker LB, Casati N, Newton MA, Checchia S, Meyet J, Palagin D, Bokhoven JA. Paired Copper Monomers in Zeolite Omega: The Active Site for Methane‐to‐Methanol Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Amy J. Knorpp
- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Materials ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation—Condensed Matter Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- ID 15A European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 71 Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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Huang T, Xu Z, Yan P, Liu X, Fan H, Zhang ZC. Direct Partial Oxidation of Methane Catalyzed by an In Situ Generated Active Au(III) Complex at Low Temperature in Ionic Liquids. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tingyu Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Key Laboratory of Energy Biotechnology, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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Knorpp AJ, Pinar AB, Baerlocher C, McCusker LB, Casati N, Newton MA, Checchia S, Meyet J, Palagin D, Bokhoven JA. Paired Copper Monomers in Zeolite Omega: The Active Site for Methane‐to‐Methanol Conversion. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Amy J. Knorpp
- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Materials ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation—Condensed Matter Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- ID 15A European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 71 Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemistry and Bioengineering ETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1 8093 Zürich Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institut 5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland
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Bunting RJ, Rice PS, Thompson J, Hu P. Investigating the innate selectivity issues of methane to methanol: consideration of an aqueous environment. Chem Sci 2021; 12:4443-4449. [PMID: 34163709 PMCID: PMC8179483 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05402j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The higher reactivity of the methanol product over the methane reactant for the direct oxidation of methane to methanol is explored. C-H activation, C-O coupling, and C-OH coupling are investigated as key steps in the selective oxidation of methane using DFT. These elementary steps are initially considered in the gas phase for a variety of fcc (111) pristine metal surfaces. Methanol is found to be consistently more reactive for both C-H activation and subsequent oxidation steps. With an aqueous environment being understood experimentally to have a profound effect on the selectivity of this process, these steps are also considered in the aqueous phase by ab initio molecular dynamics calculations. The water solvent is modelled explicity, with each water molecule given the same level of theory as the metal surface and surface species. Free energy profiles for these steps are generated by umbrella sampling. It is found that an aqueous environment has a considerable effect on the kinetics of the elementary steps yet has little effect on the methane/methanol selectivity-conversion limit. Despite this, we find that the aqueous phase promotes the C-OH pathway for methanol formation, which could enhance the selectivity for methanol formation over that of other oxygenates.
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- Rhys J Bunting
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast David Keir Building Stranmillis Road Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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Ariyarathna IR, Miliordos E. Radical abstraction vs. oxidative addition mechanisms for the activation of the S -H, O -H, and C -H bonds using early transition metal oxides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1437-1442. [PMID: 33393944 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05513a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quantum chemical calculations are performed to study the S-H, O-H, and C-H bond activation of H2S, H2O, and CH4 by bare and ligated ZrO+ and NbO+ units. These representative oxides bear low energy oxo and higher energy oxyl units. S-H and C-H bonds are readily activated by metal oxyl states (radical mechanism), but the O-H bond is harder to activate with either the oxyl or oxo states. Our results suggest that known practices for the C-H bond activation can be applied to S-H, but not to O-H bonds. The identified trends are rationalized in terms of the HS-H, HO-H, and H3C-H dissociation energies to the homolytic or heterolytic fragments. We also found that these dissociation energies drop to about half after coordination of H2S or H2O to the metal oxide unit. In addition, chlorine ligands are shown to stabilize the higher energy oxyl states of the transition metal oxygen unit enhancing the reactivity of the formed complexes.
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- Isuru R Ariyarathna
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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Meyet J, van Bavel AP, Horton AD, van Bokhoven JA, Copéret C. Selective oxidation of methane to methanol on dispersed copper on alumina from readily available copper( ii) formate. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00789k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The direct conversion of methane to methanol attracts increasing interest due to the availability of low-cost methane from natural gas.
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- Jordan Meyet
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
- ETH Zurich
- 8093 Zürich
- Switzerland
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- Shell Global Solutions International B.V
- 1031 HW Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
- ETH Zurich
- 8093 Zürich
- Switzerland
- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
- ETH Zurich
- 8093 Zürich
- Switzerland
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Chen J, Wang S, Peres L, Collière V, Philippot K, Lecante P, Chen Y, Yan N. Oxidation of methane to methanol over Pd@Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions in water. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00273b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Pd@Pt core–shell colloidal nanoparticles efficiently catalyse the direct oxidation of methane to methanol with high selectivity using H2O2 in water.
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- Jianjun Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
- Institute of New Energy and Low-carbon Technology
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination)
- F-31077 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- CNRS
- CEMES (Centre d'Élaboration des Matériaux et d'Études Structurales)
- F-31055 Toulouse Cedex 4
- France
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- Institute of New Energy and Low-carbon Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- National University of Singapore
- Singapore 117585
- Singapore
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Jawaharraj K, Shrestha N, Chilkoor G, Dhiman SS, Islam J, Gadhamshetty V. Valorization of methane from environmental engineering applications: A critical review. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 187:116400. [PMID: 32979578 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Wastewater and waste management sectors alone account for 18% of the anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions. This study presents a critical overview of methanotrophs ("methane oxidizing microorganisms") for valorizing typically discarded CH4 from environmental engineering applications, focusing on wastewater treatment plants. Methanotrophs can convert CH4 into valuable bioproducts including chemicals, biodiesel, DC electricity, polymers, and S-layers, all under ambient conditions. As discarded CH4 and its oxidation products can also be used as a carbon source in nitrification and annamox processes. Here we discuss modes of CH4 assimilation by methanotrophs in both natural and engineered systems. We also highlight the technical challenges and technological breakthroughs needed to enable targeted CH4 oxidation in wastewater treatment plants.
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- Kalimuthu Jawaharraj
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; BuG ReMeDEE consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute 47803, IN, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States
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- BuG ReMeDEE consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; Biological and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; BuG ReMeDEE consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; BuG ReMeDEE consortium, South Dakota Mines, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City 57701, SD, United States.
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Nandy A, Kulik HJ. Why Conventional Design Rules for C–H Activation Fail for Open-Shell Transition-Metal Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Aditya Nandy
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Sher Shah MSA, Oh C, Park H, Hwang YJ, Ma M, Park JH. Catalytic Oxidation of Methane to Oxygenated Products: Recent Advancements and Prospects for Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Conversion at Low Temperatures. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001946. [PMID: 33304753 PMCID: PMC7709990 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Methane is an important fossil fuel and widely available on the earth's crust. It is a greenhouse gas that has more severe warming effect than CO2. Unfortunately, the emission of methane into the atmosphere has long been ignored and considered as a trivial matter. Therefore, emphatic effort must be put into decreasing the concentration of methane in the atmosphere of the earth. At the same time, the conversion of less valuable methane into value-added chemicals is of significant importance in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Although, the transformation of methane to valuable chemicals and fuels is considered the "holy grail," the low intrinsic reactivity of its C-H bonds is still a major challenge. This review discusses the advancements in the electrocatalytic and photocatalytic oxidation of methane at low temperatures with products containing oxygen atom(s). Additionally, the future research direction is noted that may be adopted for methane oxidation via electrocatalysis and photocatalysis at low temperatures.
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- Md. Selim Arif Sher Shah
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei University50 Yonsei‐ro, Seodaemun‐guSeoul03722Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei University50 Yonsei‐ro, Seodaemun‐guSeoul03722Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy EngineeringSchool of Energy and Chemical EngineeringLow Dimensional Carbon Materials CenterPerovtronics Research CenterUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)Ulsan44919Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei University50 Yonsei‐ro, Seodaemun‐guSeoul03722Republic of Korea
- Clean Energy Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)Seoul02792Republic of Korea
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- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhenGuangdong518055China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringYonsei University50 Yonsei‐ro, Seodaemun‐guSeoul03722Republic of Korea
- Clean Energy Research CenterKorea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)Seoul02792Republic of Korea
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Goodman E, Zhou C, Cargnello M. Design of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1916-1937. [PMID: 33274270 PMCID: PMC7706093 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Controlling selectivity between competing reaction pathways is crucial in catalysis. Several approaches have been proposed to achieve this goal in traditional heterogeneous catalysts including tuning nanoparticle size, varying alloy composition, and controlling supporting material. A less explored and promising research area to control reaction selectivity is via the use of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts. These materials contain inorganic components which serve as sites for chemical reactions and organic components which either provide diffusional control or directly participate in the formation of active site motifs. Despite the appealing potential of these hybrid materials to increase reaction selectivity, there are significant challenges to the rational design of such hybrid nanostructures. Structural and mechanistic characterization of these materials play a key role in understanding and, therefore, designing these organic/inorganic hybrid catalysts. This Outlook highlights the design of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts with a brief overview of four different classes of materials and discusses the practical catalytic properties and opportunities emerging from such designs in the area of energy and environmental transformations. Key structural and mechanistic characterization studies are identified to provide fundamental insight into the atomic structure and catalytic behavior of hybrid organic/inorganic catalysts. Exemplary works are used to show how specific active site motifs allow for remarkable changes in the reaction selectivity. Finally, to demonstrate the potential of hybrid catalyst materials, we suggest a characterization-based approach toward the design of biomimetic hybrid organic/inorganic materials for a specific application in the energy and environmental research space: the conversion of methane into methanol.
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Luo L, Zhang T, Wang M, Yun R, Xiang X. Recent Advances in Heterogeneous Photo-Driven Oxidation of Organic Molecules by Reactive Oxygen Species. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:5173-5184. [PMID: 32721068 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202001398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The photo-driven oxidation of organic molecules into corresponding high-value-added products has become a promising method in chemical synthesis. This strategy can drive thermodynamically non-spontaneous reactions and achieve challenging thermocatalytic processes under ambient conditions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are not only significant intermediates for producing target products via photoinduced oxidation reactions but also contribute to the creation of sustainable chemical processes. Here, the latest advances in heterogeneous photo-driven oxidation reactions involving ROS are summarized. The major types of ROS and their generation are introduced, and the behaviors of various ROS involved in photo-driven processes are reviewed in terms of the formation of different bonds. Emphasis is placed on unraveling the reaction mechanisms of ROS and establishing strategies for their regulation, and the remaining challenges and perspectives are summarized and analyzed. This Review is expected to provide an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of ROS involved in photo-driven oxidation processes as an important foundation for the design of efficient catalysts. Clarifying the role of ROS in oxidation reactions has important scientific significance for improving the atomic and energy efficiency of reactions in practical applications.
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- Lan Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, P. R. China
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Shetty M, Walton A, Gathmann SR, Ardagh MA, Gopeesingh J, Resasco J, Birol T, Zhang Q, Tsapatsis M, Vlachos DG, Christopher P, Frisbie CD, Abdelrahman OA, Dauenhauer PJ. The Catalytic Mechanics of Dynamic Surfaces: Stimulating Methods for Promoting Catalytic Resonance. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Manish Shetty
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Engineering II Building, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- University of California Santa Barbara, Engineering II Building, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, 150 Academy Street, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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He Y, Guo F, Yang KR, Heinlein JA, Bamonte SM, Fee JJ, Hu S, Suib SL, Haller GL, Batista VS, Pfefferle LD. In Situ Identification of Reaction Intermediates and Mechanistic Understandings of Methane Oxidation over Hematite: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:17119-17130. [PMID: 32935987 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yulian He
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3060, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
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- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, 810 West Campus Drive, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States
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Panaritis C, Hajar YM, Treps L, Michel C, Baranova EA, Steinmann SN. Demystifying the Atomistic Origin of the Electric Field Effect on Methane Oxidation. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:6976-6981. [PMID: 32787193 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding the role of an electric field on the surface of a catalyst is crucial in tuning and promoting the catalytic activity of metals. Herein, we evaluate the oxidation of methane over a Pt surface with varying oxygen coverage using density functional theory. The latter is controlled by the electrode polarization, giving rise to the non-Faradaic modification of catalytic activity phenomenon. At -1 V, the Pt(111) surface is present, while at 1 V, α-PtO2 on Pt(111) takes over. Our results demonstrate that the alteration of the platinum oxide surface under the influence of an electrochemical potential promotes the catalytic activity of the metal oxides by lowering the activation energy barrier of the reaction.
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- Christopher Panaritis
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI), University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI), University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Université Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, F-69342, Lyon, France
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- Université Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, F-69342, Lyon, France
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation (CCRI), University of Ottawa, 161 Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Université Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, F-69342, Lyon, France
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Barona M, Snurr RQ. Exploring the Tunability of Trimetallic MOF Nodes for Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:28217-28231. [PMID: 32427460 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c06241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Density functional theory is used to study the tunability of trigonal prismatic SBUs found in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) such as MIL-100, MIL-101, and PCN-250/MIL-127 of chemical composition M3+2M2+(μ3-O)(RCOO)6 for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol. We performed a combinatorial screening by varying the composition of the trimetallic node (M13+)2(M22+) (where M1 and M2 = V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) and calculated the reaction pathway on both M1 and M2 sites. The systematic replacement of metals in the trimetallic cluster allowed us to study the influence of spectator atoms on the catalytic activity of a specific metal site in the cluster toward the N2O activation and C-H bond activation steps of the reaction. In the screening, we identified the top-performing node compositions with predicted barriers lower than those already reported for experimentally tested MOFs with trigonal prismatic SBUs. This work demonstrates the opportunity to tune the catalytic activity of MOFs for redox reactions by changing their metal node composition.
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- Melissa Barona
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Bunting RJ, Thompson J, Hu P. The mechanism and ligand effects of single atom rhodium supported on ZSM-5 for the selective oxidation of methane to methanol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11686-11694. [PMID: 32406892 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01284j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mechanism for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol on single atom rhodium supported on ZSM-5 is investigated by DFT. The most favoured mechanism for methane activation is shown to be via oxidative addition at an undercoordinated rhodium metal centre and not through a typical metal oxo intermediate. The formation of a C-OH bond, and not methane activation, is found to be the rate determining step. CO coordinated to the rhodium centre is observed to strongly promote this bond formation. Water is required in the system to help prevent catalyst poisoning by CO, which greatly hinders the methane activation step, and to protonate an intermediate RhOOH species. These results suggest that more focus is required on methyl-oxygen bond formation and that exclusive consideration of methane activation will not completely explain some methane partial oxidation systems.
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- Rhys J Bunting
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK.
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Jovanovic ZR, Lange JP, Ravi M, Knorpp AJ, Sushkevich VL, Newton MA, Palagin D, van Bokhoven JA. Oxidation of methane to methanol over Cu-exchanged zeolites: Scientia gratia scientiae or paradigm shift in natural gas valorization? J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Direct oxidation of methane to methanol over Cu-zeolites at mild conditions. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.110886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Kim M, Franklin AD, Martin R, Bian Y, Weaver JF, Asthagiri A. Kinetics of low-temperature methane activation on IrO2(1 1 0): Role of local surface hydroxide species. J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Islam J, Chilkoor G, Jawaharraj K, Dhiman SS, Sani R, Gadhamshetty V. Vitamin-C-enabled reduced graphene oxide chemistry for tuning biofilm phenotypes of methylotrophs on nickel electrodes in microbial fuel cells. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 300:122642. [PMID: 31911315 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study reports the use of multi-layered reduced graphene oxide (rGO) coating on porous nickel foam (NF) electrodes for enhancing biofilm growth of Rhodobacter Sphaeroides spp fed with methanol in microbial fuel cells (CH3OH-MFCs). Electrochemical methods were used to assess the methylotrophic activity on rGO/NF electrodes. The power density and current density offered by rGO/NF (1200 mW m-2 and 680 mA m-2) were 220-fold and 540-fold higher compared to bare NF (5.50 mW m-2 and 1.26 mA m-2), respectively. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results show that rGO/NF suppresses charge transfer resistance to CH3OH oxidation by 40-fold compared to the control. This improved performance is due to the ability of rGO coatings to decrease the wetting contact angle (improve the hydrophilicity) of NF from 1280 to 00. A preliminary cost analysis was carried out to assess the viability of rGO/NF electrodes via vitamin-C-enabled graphene oxide chemistry for CH3OH-MFCs applications.
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- Jamil Islam
- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; BuG ReMeDEE Consortium, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; BuG ReMeDEE Consortium, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; BuG ReMeDEE Consortium, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; BuG ReMeDEE Consortium, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; BuG ReMeDEE Consortium, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA.
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