Open AccessCover Image, Volume 3, Number 4, August 2021
Author(s) -
Zhu Zengzan,
Guo Wenyi,
Zhang Ying,
Pan Chengsi,
Xu Jing,
Zhu Yongfa,
Lou Yang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
carbon energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
ISSN - 2637-9368
DOI - 10.1002/cey2.149
Subject(s) - methane , cover (algebra) , methanol , front cover , boosting (machine learning) , materials science , chemistry , environmental science , computer science , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering
Front cover image : Converting methane into industrially important primary chemical products is highly desired but still very challenging since the high barrier of activating the first C‐H bond of methane (4.57 eV) makes it extremely difficult to realize methane efficient activation and selective conversion under mild conditions. In article number 10.1002/cey2.127 , Lou and Zhu et al. summarize the recent progress related to the photothermal synergetic strategy boosting the activation and selective conversion of methane to methanol and other high‐value products.