Catalytic conversion of methane to acetylene induced by microwave irradiation

Low-temperature preparation and microwave photocatalytic activity study of TiO2-mounted activated carbon

“…MW photocatalytic degradation using EDLs had received increasing interests in photochemical reactions in recent years. Klán et al [13][14][15][16][17][18] studied the photoreduction of acetophenone, photolysis of a phenacyl ester, etc., by modified domestic MW oven integrated EDLs and found that it was possible for photodegradation of environmentally unwanted compounds as its reasonable photochemical efficiency and other advantages. MW photocatalytic degradation was superior for its simple device, simultaneous effects of UV-vis light and MW electromagnetic radiation and EDLs in wireless way.…”

Pulsed activation in heterogeneous catalysis

“…In the early 1990s, the group of Wan and coworkers at Queens University in Canada worked on the application of bursts of microwave energy to catalytic systems [139,140,141,34,142]. To realize this they used catalytic particles (metal) which are sensitive to microwave radiation.…”

“…For instance, Wan mentions that "'In an ideal situation, one would have an instant, transient high temperature to provide the energy for chemical activation and immediately after the primary reaction (which usually is less than a microsecond) the temperature is cooled off below the activation barrier to minimize any secondary reactions leading to undesirable products."' Furthermore, they also mention the possibility of controlling the rate of reaction/selectivity by shaping the energy pulses [34,142].…”

Microwave Irradiation Coupled with MeOx/Al2O3 (Me=Cu, Mn, Ce) Catalysts for Nitrogen Monoxide Removal from Flue Gas at Low Temperatures

“…Recently, microwave‐accelerated catalytic reactions have aroused tremendous attention because they show a drastic enhancement on catalytic reaction rate and selectivity under mild conditions . Furthermore, some chemical reactions that are impossible in the CRM can be performed successfully under the microwave reaction mode .…”

“…Recently,m icrowave-accelerated catalytic reactions have aroused tremendous attention because they show ad rastic enhancemento nc atalytic reaction rate and selectivityu nder mild conditions. [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Furthermore, some chemical reactions that are impossible in the CRMc an be performed successfully under the microwave reactionm ode. [29][30][31][32][33] This significant microwave effect may provide anew approach to address the followingt wo main challenges for NO decomposition over metal oxide catalysts at ah igh reactiont emperatures and with strong oxygen inhibition.…”