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Yifei Huang1, Xuliang Pang1, Jianguo Cui2
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Univers ity, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a promising approach to produce high-value chemicals such as 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). However, the undesirable stability of catalysts commonly limits its potential application value. In this work, NiOOH derived from Ni(OH)2 was determined as the main catalytic site for HMF oxidation, but the collapse of Ni(OH)2 caused severe instability during the electrocatalytic process because of the crystal structure mismatch between NiOOH and Ni(OH)2. The implantation of Ce in Ni(OH)2 (Ce-Ni(OH)2) was successfully realized to address the stability issue of bare Ni(OH)2, since the larger ion radius of Ce could increase the Ni-O bond length and d-spacing. As a result, the activity of 14%Ce-Ni(OH)2 has not obviously decayed after the 50 cyclic voltammetry (CV)-cycle test. HMF conversion is close to 100%, and the Faraday efficiency (FE) reaches 86.6% at the potential of 0.45 V vs Ag/AgCl. This study provides a new strategy to design stable catalysts for the conversion of biomass derivatives.
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