Site-Specific Molecular Engineering Redirects Radical Pathways for Selective Photocatalytic Coupling of Methane to C2+ Hydrocarbons.
Toward carbon neutrality, multi-carbon synthesis from photo-driven oxidative coupling of CH4 (POCM) remains a formidable challenge due to the activity-selectivity trade-off, originating from sluggish surface reaction kinetics and uncontrolled reactive radical reactions. Herein, alkyl thiols (C9SH) were site‑specificall...