Direct conversion of methane to formaldehyde and CO on BO catalysts.

Direct oxidation of methane to value-added C chemicals (e.g. HCHO and CO) provides a promising way to utilize natural gas sources under relatively mild conditions.

Propane oxidative dehydrogenation over highly selective hexagonal boron nitride catalysts: The role of oxidative coupling of methyl.

Hexagonal boron nitride (-BN) catalyst has recently been reported to be highly selective in oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) for olefin production. In addition to propene, ethylene also forms with much higher overall selectivities to C2-products than to C1-products. In this work, we report that the reaction pathways over the -BN catalyst are different from the V-based catalysts in ODHP.