Pd nanocatalysts engineering for direct oxidation methane-to-methanol with 99.7% selectivity.

Peilin Deng, Yueshan Xu, Daoxiong Wu, Ying Liang, Xue Zhang, Zhitong Wang, Jing Li, Xinlong Tian

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High-Throughput Screening and Interpretable Machine Learning for Rational Design of Bimetallic Catalysts for Methane Activation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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Coordination restraint of Rh-Cu diatomic catalyst and C-H bond oxygen insertion for methanol synthesis.Nature communications · 2026
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Peilin Deng *State Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9798-3810

Yueshan Xu *State Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Daoxiong Wu *State Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-4855

Ying Liang *State Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Xue ZhangState Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Zhitong WangState Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Jing LiState Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.

Xinlong TianState Key Laboratory of Tropic Ocean Engineering Materials and Materials Evaluation, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China. tianxl@hainanu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8388-5198

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22109035, 22202053, 52164028, 52274297, 22309037, and 22462006

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Abstract

Pd catalysts demonstrate remarkable activity and selectivity for the direct oxidation methane-to-methanol (DOMM) under mild conditions. However, understanding the structure-performance relationship is challenging because Pd catalysts used in existing studies have complex polycrystalline structures. In this work, well-defined Pd nanocrystals with controlled morphologies are synthesized and used as model systems to investigate the origins of the observed structure-activity differences. Our findings indicate that DOMM activity is primarily governed by crystal facet type rather than nanocrystal size. The lower d-band center of the Pd {111} facet weakens the adsorption strength of critical intermediates, including *O

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PMID40830344

DOI10.1038/s41467-025-63067-0

PMCPMC12365277

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