Electrocatalytic refinery for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals

C Tang, Y Zheng, M Jaroniec… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to modern fossil‐fuel‐based refineries, the emerging electrocatalytic refinery (e‐
refinery) is a more sustainable and environmentally benign strategy to convert renewable …

Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and oxygen

SC Perry, D Pangotra, L Vieira, LI Csepei… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
H2O2 is important in large-scale industrial processes and smaller on-site activities. The
present industrial route to H2O2 involves hydrogenation of an anthraquinone and O2 …

Ethylene electrooxidation to 2-chloroethanol in acidic seawater with natural chloride participation

L Huang, P Wang, Y Jiang, K Davey… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ethylene oxidation to oxygenates via electrocatalysis is practically promising because of
less energy input and CO2 output compared with traditional thermal catalysis. However …

Computational electrochemistry: prediction of liquid-phase reduction potentials

AV Marenich, J Ho, ML Coote, CJ Cramer… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This article reviews recent developments and applications in the area of computational
electrochemistry. Our focus is on predicting the reduction potentials of electron transfer and …

Facet-dependent electrooxidation of propylene into propylene oxide over Ag3PO4 crystals

J Ke, J Zhao, M Chi, M Wang, X Kong, Q Chang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The electrooxidation of propylene into propylene oxide under ambient conditions represents
an attractive approach toward propylene oxide. However, this process suffers from a low …

Br/BrO-mediated highly efficient photoelectrochemical epoxidation of alkenes on α-Fe2O3

Y Zhao, M Duan, C Deng, J Yang, S Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epoxides are significant intermediates for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and epoxy
resins. In this study, we develop a Br−/BrO− mediated photoelectrochemical epoxidation …

Single Atom Hot-Spots at Au–Pd Nanoalloys for Electrocatalytic H2O2 Production

JS Jirkovský, I Panas, E Ahlberg… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A novel strategy to direct the oxygen reduction reaction to preferentially produce H2O2 is
formulated and evaluated. The approach combines the inertness of Au nanoparticles toward …

Surface chemistry of ruthenium dioxide in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis: from fundamental to applied research

H Over - Chemical Reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium is a chemical element that can easily adopt various formal oxidation states from−
II to+ VIII in chemical bonds,(1, 2) thus giving rise to many compounds with interesting and …

Recent advances in hybrid seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

Z Yu, L Liu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater electrolysis (SWE) is a promising and potentially cost‐effective approach to
hydrogen production, considering that seawater is vastly abundant and SWE is able to …

Tuning OH binding energy enables selective electrochemical oxidation of ethylene to ethylene glycol

Y Lum, JE Huang, Z Wang, M Luo, DH Nam… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
There is significant interest in developing efficient electrochemical processes for commodity
chemical manufacturing, all directly powered by renewable electricity. A vital chemical is …