Oxide Catalysts for Methane Conversion, Hydrogen Production and VOC Removal
This research community develops metal oxide catalysts to convert methane into syngas, hydrogen, and liquid fuels, and to oxidize volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides for emission control.
The work centers on designing oxide supports—primarily ceria, manganese oxides, and titania—to enhance the activity and selectivity of noble and base metals. Key reactions include the dry reforming of methane, steam reforming, and the oxidative coupling of methane. A significant portion of the literature focuses on manipulating oxygen vacancies and metal-support interactions to lower operating temperatures and improve efficiency. Applications span industrial hydrogen production, selective catalytic reduction of pollutants, and the catalytic combustion of volatile organic compounds.
The largest share of the community's output is found in cerium research, accounting for 19.1% of all cerium research, with 3,577 papers in this group. Manganese research follows with a 5.3% share, and platinum research with a 3.3% share.
The community comprises 20,255 papers, publishing most frequently in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Fuel, and the Journal of Catalysis.
Recent work continues to focus on methane oxidation to liquid products like methanol and ethanol, as well as low-temperature combustion of volatile organic compounds, often utilizing defect-engineered ceria and single-atom catalysts.
Papers behind this description
- Advancing the Understanding of Oxygen Vacancies in Ceria: Insights into Their Formation, Behavior, and Catalytic Roles — JACS Au, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacsau.5c00095
- Nanoscale Grain Boundary-Weakened Ce–O Covalency and Surface Confinement Intrinsically Boosting Ceria Surface Oxygen Reactivity — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c03536
- Size of cerium dioxide support nanocrystals dictates reactivity of highly dispersed palladium catalysts — Science, 2023 — doi:10.1126/science.adf9082
- Facilitating the dry reforming of methane with interfacial synergistic catalysis in an Ir@CeO2−x catalyst — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-48122-6
- Dealuminated Beta zeolite reverses Ostwald ripening for durable copper nanoparticle catalysts — Science, 2023 — doi:10.1126/science.adj1962
- Activating Lattice Oxygen in Perovskite Ferrite for Efficient and Stable Photothermal Dry Reforming of Methane — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c03098
- Local Electronic Structure Modulation of Interfacial Oxygen Vacancies Promotes the Oxygen Activation Capacity of Pt/Ce 1– x M x O 2−δ — ACS Catalysis, 2024 — doi:10.1021/acscatal.3c06234
- Essential features of weak current for excellent enhancement of NOx reduction over monoatomic V-based catalyst — Nature Communications, 2024 — doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51034-0
- Thermal catalytic reforming for hydrogen production with zero CO 2 emission — Science, 2025 — doi:10.1126/science.adt0682
- Comprehensive review on dry reforming of methane: Challenges and potential for greenhouse gas mitigation — International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.160
- Transforming ceria into 2D clusters enhances catalytic activity — Nature, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08684-x
- Accelerated Dual Activation of Lattice Oxygen and Molecule Oxygen over CoMn 2 O 4 Catalysts for VOC Oxidation: Promoting the Role of Oxygen Vacancies — ACS Catalysis, 2024 — doi:10.1021/acscatal.3c06237
- Ionic liquid-TiO2-CuOx composite interfaces combined with gas directional transmission for enhanced electrooxidation of methane to ethanol — Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125411
- A Smart Catalytic System with In Situ Dynamic Current‐Tuned Pd‐Ce Diatomic Interactions for Enhanced Methane Oxidation — Advanced Functional Materials, 2025 — doi:10.1002/adfm.202519202
- Recent research progress of methane dry reforming to syngas — Fuel, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135535
- Strong Metal–Support Interactions in Catalytic Oxidation of VOCs: Mechanistic Insights, Support Engineering Strategies, and Emerging Catalyst Design Paradigms — Environmental Science & Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c09511
- Surface oxygen vacancies and their synergy effect with Pt in Pt/CoCeOx promoting H2 activation for furfural hydrogenation — Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.167893
- Tuning Lewis acid in nickel-containing polyoxometalates for enhanced ethanol selectivity of methane electrooxidation reactions — Nano Research, 2026 — doi:10.26599/nr.2026.94908604