Progress on photothermal catalytic methane low-carbon conversion technology

HUANG Zeai; ZHU Qi; HU Wei; LIU Jing; WANG Dajun; ZHENG Heng; ZHOU Ying

doi:10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250101

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Progress on photothermal catalytic methane low-carbon conversion technology

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- Progress on photothermal catalytic methane low-carbon conversion technology
- Vol. 50, Issue 8, Pages: 92-105(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.西南石油大学新能源与材料学院，四川成都 610500
  2.西南石油大学油气藏地质及开发工程国家重点实验室，四川成都 610500
  3.西南化工研究设计院有限公司多孔材料与分离转化全国重点实验室，国家碳一化学工程技术研究中心，四川成都 610225
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- DOI：10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250101
  CLC： TE06
- Received：14 March 2025，
  
  Revised：14 April 2025，
  
  Published：25 August 2025
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黄泽皑,朱旗,胡伟等.光热催化甲烷低碳转化技术进展[J].低碳化学与化工,2025,50(8):92-105.

HUANG Zeai,ZHU Qi,HU Wei,et al.Progress on photothermal catalytic methane low-carbon conversion technology[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2025,50(8):92-105.
黄泽皑,朱旗,胡伟等.光热催化甲烷低碳转化技术进展[J].低碳化学与化工,2025,50(8):92-105. DOI： 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250101.

HUANG Zeai,ZHU Qi,HU Wei,et al.Progress on photothermal catalytic methane low-carbon conversion technology[J].Low-Carbon Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,2025,50(8):92-105. DOI： 10.12434/j.issn.2097-2547.20250101.

摘要

在“碳中和”目标的推动下，甲烷的高效转化与低碳利用成为能源化学领域的研究热点。传统热催化技术因依赖化石能源与高碳排放面临瓶颈，而太阳能驱动的光热催化技术通过协同光激发与热能活化机制，为甲烷转化提供了新的路径。系统综述了光热催化甲烷蒸汽重整、甲烷干重整与甲烷裂解3种典型技术的研究进展，重点探讨了光热催化在能量传递优化、催化剂设计及系统集成中的创新突破：光热协同效应通过局域光热场重构与电子态调控显著降低了甲烷活化势垒，纳米结构催化剂的界面电荷分离与氧空位工程提高了其抗积炭性能和反应选择性，反应器设计结合储能技术提高了太阳能动态利用效率。尽管在光热催化机制与能质传递方面已取得重要进展，仍需提高广谱吸光材料稳定性和规模化反应器传热传质效率，并优化光-热-物质多场耦合等。未来，需强化多能协同系统开发与智能化调控策略研究，推动光热催化甲烷转化技术向低碳化、高值化的工业应用体系迈进。

Abstract

Driven by the goal of “carbon neutrality”

the efficient conversion and low-carbon utilization of methane have become a research focus in the field of energy chemistry. Traditional thermal catalytic techniques face bottlenecks due to their reliance on fossil fuels and high carbon emissions. Meanwhile

solar-driven photothermal catalytic technology offers a novel pathway for methane conversion through the synergistic mechanisms of photon excitation and thermal activation. The progress on three typical photothermal catalytic methane conversion technologies: Steam methane reforming

methane dry reforming and methane cracking was systematically reviewed. The breakthroughs in energy transfer optimization

catalyst design and system integration were mainly discussed. The photothermal coupling effect significantly reduced the methane activation barrier through the reconstruction of localized photothermal fields and electronic state regulation. The interface charge separation and oxygen vacancy engineering of nano-structured catalysts improved their anti-coking performances and reaction selectivities. Reactor designs combined with energy storage technologies optimized the dynamic utilization efficiency of solar energy. Although significant progress has been made on photothermal catalytic mechanism and energy-mass transfer

it is necessary to improve the stability of broadband light-absorbing materials and heat and mass transfer efficiency of large-scale reactors

and optimize multi-field coupling of light-heat-matter. In the future

it is necessary to focus on the development of multi-energy synergistic systems and intelligent control strategies to promote the advancement of photothermal catalytic methane conversion technologies towards low-carbon and high-value industrial application systems.

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