Institute of Chemical Engineering

A review, with 56 refs., of research progress on the prodn. of MeOH from MeH using oxide photocatalysts: W, Ti, Bi, Zn, Mo, Ni, Ce and Ga, as well as zeolites and graphene C nitrides. The process conditions were presented, in particular the light sources used, the presence/absence of an oxidant and the addn. of the so-called sacrifical reagents, capturing excess electrons in the reaction system. A fundamental scheme of photocatalysis on a semiconductor molecule was presented.