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Artificial photocatalysis provides a promising approach for CH4 selective conversion into CH3OH under mild reaction conditions. However, the over-oxidization by the active oxygen radical species impedes for the high efficiency of photocatalytic conversion of CH4 to CH3OH. Here, we proposed a strategy of the transfer of key intermediates •CH3 from host photocatalyst surface for stability to improve CH4 conversion to CH3OH products. A Co3O4/ZnO composited photocatalyst was designed to efficiently convert CH4 to CH3OH with a rate of 366 μmol g-1h−1 under simulated sunlight irradiation, while the parent ZnO only completely overoxidized CH4 into CO2. We uncovered that Co3O4 played a new role as the active site for the adsorption of •CH3 key intermediates and the desorption of CH3OH to suppress CH4 overoxidation on ZnO surface. This work highlights cocatalyst for •CH3 intermediate stabilization to control the pathway of photocatalytic selective oxidation of CH4 into CH3OH. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.
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Journal of Catalysis
ISSN: 0021-9517
Year: 2022
Volume: 413
Page: 20-30
7 . 3
JCR@2022
6 . 5 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI HC Threshold:74
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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