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  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,392 Views
15 Pages

2 June 2024

Direct upgrading of methane into value-added products is one of the most significant technologies for the effective transformation of hydrocarbon feedstocks in the chemical industry. Both oxidative and non-oxidative methane conversion are broadly use...

(This article belongs to the Section Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,889 Views
12 Pages

Recent Progress of Metal-Oxide-Based Catalysts for Non-Oxidative Coupling of Methane to Ethane and Hydrogen

  • Junbu Wang,
  • Zhiqiang Rao,
  • Zeai Huang,
  • Yaolin Chen,
  • Fang Wang and
  • Ying Zhou

10 April 2023

Methane is the fundamental raw material of the C1 chemical industry, with abundant reserves. Its direct conversion into high-value-added chemicals has great scientific significance and broad commercial potential for the efficient use of methane resou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progress of Catalysis in “Dual Carbon Targets”)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,718 Views
12 Pages

19 January 2023

The characteristics of active sites on the surface of albite were theoretically analyzed by density functional theory, and the activation of the C-H bond of methane using an albite catalyst and the reaction mechanism of preparing C2 hydrocarbons by n...

(This article belongs to the Topic Theoretical, Quantum and Computational Chemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,916 Views
25 Pages

7 January 2024

This paper summarizes the latest research results on materials for the treatment of methane, an important greenhouse gas, and toluene, a volatile organic compound gas, as well as the utilization of these resources over the past two years. These mater...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability, Circular Economy and Waste Recycling: Advances in Materials Research)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
11,000 Views
22 Pages

Process Modeling and Evaluation of Plasma-Assisted Ethylene Production from Methane

  • Evangelos Delikonstantis,
  • Marco Scapinello and
  • Georgios D. Stefanidis

1 February 2019

The electrification of the petrochemical industry, imposed by the urgent need for decarbonization and driven by the incessant growth of renewable electricity share, necessitates electricity-driven technologies for efficient conversion of fossil fuels...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
82 Citations
20,953 Views
34 Pages

6 September 2023

With the increasing role of hydrogen in the global market, new ways of hydrogen production are being sought and investigated. One of the possible solutions might be the plasma pyrolysis of methane. This approach provides not only the desired hydrogen...

(This article belongs to the Section I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,703 Views
39 Pages

Photocatalytic Methane Reforming: Recent Advances

  • Yohei Cho,
  • Akira Yamaguchi and
  • Masahiro Miyauchi

25 December 2020

Methane reforming is an important potential technology for solving both environmental and energy problems. This technology is important because methane is counted as a greenhouse gas, but on the other hand, it can be reformed into industrially valuab...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Commemorative Issue in Honor of Professor Akira Fujishima)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,570 Views
17 Pages

Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Looping Oxidative Coupling of Methane through Synergy between Metal-Loaded Dielectric Particles and Non-Thermal Plasma

  • Shunshun Kang,
  • Jinlin Deng,
  • Xiaobo Wang,
  • Kun Zhao,
  • Min Zheng,
  • Da Song,
  • Zhen Huang,
  • Yan Lin,
  • Anqi Liu and
  • Zengli Zhao
  • + 1 author

10 March 2023

A plasma–catalyst hybrid system has been developed for the direct conversion of methane to C2+ hydrocarbons in dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma. TiO2 presented the highest C2+ yield of 11.63% among different dielectric materials when i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Catalysts in Chemical Looping Technology for Energy Storage and Carbon Emission Reduction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,663 Views
14 Pages

Overcoming Stability Problems in Microwave-Assisted Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes Affected by Catalyst Coking

  • Ignacio Julian,
  • Christoffer M. Pedersen,
  • Kostiantyn Achkasov,
  • Jose L. Hueso,
  • Henrik L. Hellstern,
  • Hugo Silva,
  • Reyes Mallada,
  • Zachary J. Davis and
  • Jesus Santamaria

19 October 2019

Microwave-assisted heterogeneous catalysis (MHC) is gaining attention due to its exciting prospects related to selective catalyst heating, enhanced energy-efficiency, and partial inhibition of detrimental side gas-phase reactions. The induced tempera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microwave-Assisted Catalysis)
  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,885 Views
10 Pages

Anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is one of the major processes of oxidizing methane in marine sediments. Up to now, extensive studies about AOM coupled to sulfate reduction have been conducted because SO42− is the most abundant electron acceptor...

(This article belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
817 Views
20 Pages

Hydrogen Production from Coalbed Methane Using Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Conversion Pathways

  • Mahmoud Leila,
  • Qaiser Khan,
  • Aya Yasser,
  • Mahmud Abdulmalik Abubakar,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Shabeeb Alajmei and
  • Mian Umer Shafiq

28 May 2026

The vision for global net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 has intensified the demand for sustainable and low-carbon energy resources. Within this context, recent discoveries of substantial methane (CH4) reserves, coupled with the rapidly growing intere...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Hydrogen Technologies for Energy Production, Accumulation, Distribution and Energetic Equipment Repair)
  • Article
  • Open Access
241 Views
27 Pages

14 September 2026

Coal self-heating in longwall goaf areas results from strongly coupled gas flow, heat transfer, mass transport, and chemical reactions occurring within a porous medium containing residual coal. This study presents a mathematical and numerical model f...

(This article belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,278 Views
17 Pages

30 October 2025

Livestock and poultry manure emits substantial amounts of ammonia and non-CO2 greenhouse gases of nitrous oxide and methane, contributing simultaneously to climate forcing and air quality degradation. However, few studies have provided an integrated...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Mitigation Strategies for Air Pollutants: Innovative Technologies and Management Practices)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,061 Views
25 Pages

31 March 2025

Earth’s atmospheric methane (CH4) concentration has risen more than 162% since pre-industrial levels in the mid-18th century, and about 30% of the rise in global temperatures since the pre-industrial era is due to CH4 The build-up of methane in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land-Atmosphere Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,716 Views
25 Pages

Correlating the Characteristics and Catalytic Performance of Mn-Na-W-Ox/SiO2 for Oxidative Coupling of Methane

  • Hamid Reza Godini,
  • Stefan Berendts,
  • Rafael Kleba-Ehrhardt,
  • Asma Tufail Shah and
  • Oliver Görke

Chemical–structural characteristics of three differently synthesized research-benchmark Mn-Na-W-Ox/SiO2 catalysts for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) were systematically studied in this research. XRD, EDX, ICP-OES, and SEM/FIB-SEM techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
790 Views
22 Pages

Numerical Study of Combustion in a Methane–Hydrogen Co-Fired W-Shaped Radiant Tube Burner

  • Daun Jeong,
  • Seongbong Ha,
  • Jeongwon Seo,
  • Jinyeol Ahn,
  • Dongkyu Lee,
  • Byeongyun Bae,
  • Jongseo Kwon and
  • Gwang G. Lee

22 January 2026

Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation was performed using the eddy-dissipation concept coupled with detailed hydrogen oxidation kinetics and a reduced two-step methane mechanism for a newly proposed W-shaped radiant tube bur...

(This article belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,243 Views
15 Pages

Characterization of Carbonate Crust from a Recently Discovered Methane Seep on the North Atlantic Continental Margin of the USA

  • Rinat Gabitov,
  • Chiara Borrelli,
  • Jacob Buettner,
  • Brenda Kirkland,
  • Adam Skarke,
  • Dustin Trail,
  • Brittany Garner,
  • Maurice Testa,
  • Mahnaz Wahidi and
  • Irina Zverkova
  • + 6 authors

26 February 2019

This study is focused on mineralogical and chemical characterization of an authigenic carbonate rock (crust) collected at a recently discovered cold seep on the US North Atlantic continental margin. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron micro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Diagenesis of Carbonate Minerals and Rocks)
  • Review
  • Open Access
490 Views
52 Pages

14 June 2026

Tri-reforming of methane (TRM) has emerged as a promising pathway for low-carbon syngas production by integrating steam reforming, dry reforming, and partial oxidation within a single process. This coupling enables simultaneous CH4 utilization and CO...

(This article belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,376 Views
17 Pages

23 February 2023

The accumulation of energy from non-programmable renewable sources is a crucial aspect for the energy transition. Using surplus electricity from renewable energy sources, power-to-gas plants allow to produce a substitute natural gas (SNG) that can be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Clean and Efficient Use of Energy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,139 Views
35 Pages

Thermo-Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Ethanol

  • Xianyu Meng,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Jie Li,
  • Hongxing Wang,
  • Chenglong Yu,
  • Jia Guo,
  • Zhuo Zhang,
  • Qingli Qian and
  • Buxing Han

28 January 2026

The catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) represents a transformative approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while producing sustainable fuels and chemicals, with ethanol being particularly promising due to its compatibility with ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,160 Views
20 Pages

Optimizing Management Practices under Straw Regimes for Global Sustainable Agricultural Production

  • Pengfei Li,
  • Afeng Zhang,
  • Shiwei Huang,
  • Jiale Han,
  • Xiangle Jin,
  • Xiaogang Shen,
  • Qaiser Hussain,
  • Xudong Wang,
  • Jianbin Zhou and
  • Zhujun Chen

27 February 2023

Straw input is a helpful approach that potentially improves soil fertility and crop yield to ensure food security and protect the ecological environment. Nevertheless, unreasonable straw input results in massive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, leadin...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
389 Views
36 Pages

Damage-Intensity Prioritisation of Agricultural-Residue Burning: Spatially Explicit Health, Economic and Climate Co-Benefits of Residue Diversion in Northern Thailand

  • Anusorn Boonpoke,
  • Chatchawan Vongmahadlek,
  • Surachai Narrat Jansri,
  • Sirasit Meesiri,
  • Chanthisa Klanthong,
  • Phatchaploy Vongmahadlek,
  • Nichapa Parasin and
  • Teerachai Amnuaylojaroen

16 September 2026

Air-pollution source control is usually prioritised by emission mass, yet the health damage per tonne emitted varies widely in space. Using agricultural-residue open burning in Northern Thailand as a case study, we couple a GIS emission inventory wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Views
62 Pages

8 October 2026

This study examines the environmental footprint using several criteria for a dual-fuel compression ignition engine fueled with hydrogen-enriched natural gas (HCNG) and diesel pilot injection. Exhaust emissions, including detailed particle size distri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alternative Fuel and Clean Combustion)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
839 Views
22 Pages

Global Warming Potential Induced by Albedo and Greenhouse Gases Across Different Land Uses of the Saline-Alkaline Agropastoral Ecotone in the Songnen Plain

  • Fangyuan Zhao,
  • Gang Dong,
  • Zhenning Shi,
  • Jingyan Chen,
  • Shicheng Jiang,
  • Zhuwen Xu,
  • Raffaele Lafortezza and
  • Changliang Shao

27 March 2026

Land-use change contributes significantly to climate change mitigation through biophysical changes (albedo, α) and biogeochemical (greenhouse gases, GHG) emissions (here refers to methane, CH4, and nitrous oxide, N2O). While the impact of grass...

(This article belongs to the Section Grassland and Pasture Science)