Direct functionalization of methane into ethanol over copper modified polymeric carbon nitride via photocatalysis

While methane is a simple, abundant feedstock for chemical industry, the selective and facile conversion to more-complex products is challenging. Here, authors show copper-containing polymeric carbon nitride to convert methane to ethanol using light under mild conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuanyi Zhou, Ling Zhang, Wenzhong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08454-0
Description
Summary:While methane is a simple, abundant feedstock for chemical industry, the selective and facile conversion to more-complex products is challenging. Here, authors show copper-containing polymeric carbon nitride to convert methane to ethanol using light under mild conditions.
ISSN:2041-1723