Face-rich Au nanoparticles govern the size dependence of photocatalytic methane coupling on TiO 2
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- 7 March 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 62 (25) , 6800-6803
Abstract
Au/TiO 2 photocatalysts with controlled Au sizes show a rise-to-plateau dependence in photocatalytic methane coupling, reaching 14.9 mmol g −1 h −1 C 2 + at 89.1% selectivity near 7.8 nm.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22402058)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22202173)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22362030)
- Henan Normal University
- Yunnan Provincial Department of Education (2025Y0133)
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