What is known about the equation $p^i + q^j = 2^k$?

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The equation $p^i + q^j = 2^k$, with $p,q$ odd primes and $i,j > 2$, seems to have no solutions. Does this result/conjecture have a name?

What is the intuition behind $p + q = 2^k$ having plenty of solutions (special case of Goldbach's conjecture) while the equation above probably has none?