Rompiendo el Compromiso de Actividad-Selectividad para CH4-a-C2H6 Fotoconversión

Kai Zheng1, Mingyu Wu1, Juncheng Zhu1

  • 1Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.

Resumen

Este estudio introduce un nuevo método fotocatalítico activado por H2O2 para convertir el metano en etano, logrando una alta productividad y selectividad. El nuevo mecanismo supera las limitaciones de los métodos tradicionales, mostrando una promesa para aplicaciones prácticas bajo la luz solar natural.

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