光催化
甲烷
氧化还原
金属
化学
甲烷厌氧氧化
光化学
催化作用
材料科学
化学工程
纳米技术
无机化学
有机化学
工程类
作者
Hikaru Saito,Hiromasa Sato,Taisuke Higashi,Toshiki Sugimoto
标识
DOI:10.1002/anie.202306058
摘要
Abstract Environmentally sustainable and selective conversion of methane to valuable chemicals under ambient conditions is pivotal for the development of next‐generation photocatalytic technology. However, due to the lack of microscopic knowledge about non‐thermal methane conversion, controlling and modulating photocatalytic oxidation processes driven by photogenerated holes remain a challenge. Here, we report novel function of metal cocatalysts to accept photogenerated holes and dominate selectivity of methane oxidation, which is clearly beyond the conventional concept in photocatalysis that the metal cocatalysts loaded on the surfaces of semiconductor photocatalysts mostly capture photogenerated electrons and dominate reduction reactions exclusively. The novel photocatalytic role of metal cocatalysts was verified by operando molecular spectroscopy combined with real‐time mass spectrometry for metal‐loaded Ga 2 O 3 model photocatalysts under methane and water vapor at ambient temperature and pressure. Our concept of metal cocatalysts that work as active sites for both photocatalytic oxidation and reduction provides a new understanding of photocatalysis and a solid basis for controlling non‐thermal redox reactions by metal‐cocatalyst engineering.
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