(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Belgium and the U.
S. has identified the active site of an iron-containing catalyst that has raised hopes for designing a virtually useful catalyst that might make converting methane to methanol a possibility. In their paper published in the journal Nature,the researchers picture their efforts, what they discovered and why they believe their findings may lead to a practical way to convert methane to a more efficient energy resource. Jay Labinger, and with the California Institute of Technology offers a News & Views piece outlining the work done by the team in the same journal issue.
Source: phys.org