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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 58(53): 7419-7422, 2022 Jun 30.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35695323
ABSTRACT
Here we report a photocatalytic system based on crystalline carbon nitrides (PHI) and highly dispersed transition metals (Fe, Co and Cu) for controlled methane photooxidation to methanol under mild conditions. The Cu-PHI catalyst showed a remarkable methanol production (2900 µmol g-1) in 4 hours, with a turnover number of 51 moles of oxygenated liquid product per mole of Cu. To date, this result is the highest value for methane oxidation under mild conditions (1 bar, 25 °C).