Issue 35, 2023

Modulating the microenvironment of AuPd nanoparticles using metal–organic frameworks for selective methane oxidation

Abstract

Direct and selective oxidation of methane (CH4) into methanol (CH3OH) under ambient conditions remains a grand challenge because of the high energy barrier of CH4 activation and the complicated processes involved. Herein, by incorporating AuPd alloy nanoparticles (NPs) into a series of Cu2+-doped metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), namely AuPd@Cu-UiO-66x, efficient and direct catalytic conversion of CH4 to CH3OH can be achieved at mild temperature (70 °C) with H2O2 as an oxidant. The Cu-UiO-66 serving as the microenvironment parameter not only regulates the electronic state of AuPd NPs to improve the CH4 adsorption and activation, but also affects the generation of hydroxyl radicals (˙OH) in H2O2 reaction pathways, which consequently results in a volcano-type dependency of the CH3OH selectivity on the Cu contents. This work represents the first finding on achieving direct catalytic oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH under mild conditions by modulating the microenvironment of catalytic centers based on a MOF platform.

Graphical abstract: Modulating the microenvironment of AuPd nanoparticles using metal–organic frameworks for selective methane oxidation

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Jun 2023
Accepted
08 Aug 2023
First published
08 Aug 2023

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 18733-18739

Modulating the microenvironment of AuPd nanoparticles using metal–organic frameworks for selective methane oxidation

J. Sui, M. Gao, C. Liu, Y. Pan, Z. Meng, D. Yuan and H. Jiang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 18733 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA03712F

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