Erwei Huang

Oct 3, 2024 | dx.doi.org | Arephin Islam |Erwei Huang |Yi Tian |Pedro Ramirez |Pedro J. Ramírez

Feb 21, 2024 | dx.doi.org | Erwei Huang |Ping Liu

Developing selective catalysts for methane conversion to value-added chemicals has been considered a promising approach for efficient utilization of abundant natural gas resources. Here, we present a descriptor-based screening for high methane conversion and methanol selectivity at the interfaces between metal oxide clusters and Cu2O/Cu(111) support [MOx/Cu2O/Cu(111), M = Mg, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ti, Zr, Sn, and Ce] on exposure to the mixture of CH4/O2/H2O.

Jan 12, 2024 | newatlas.com | Michael Franco |Zhenhua Xie |Erwei Huang

In an effort to mitigate human-caused climate warming, scientists are focused on ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. One of the more novel ways to do this has just been announced by scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Columbia University (CU). Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a potent greenhouse gas, which means that it has the ability to absorb heat and warm the planet.

Jun 1, 2023 | pubs.acs.org | Erwei Huang |Ping Liu

Direct methane conversion to methanol has been considered as an effective and economic way to address greenhouse effects and the current high demand for methanol in industry. However, the process has long been challenging due to lack of viable catalysts to compromise the activation of methane that typically occurs at high temperatures and retaining of produced methanol that requires mild conditions.