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Published on: February 6, 2019
Stabilized Bi(III) Sites Direct *NH2OH Pathway for Efficient Cyclohexanone Oxime Electrosynthesis
Zichao Xi1,2, Yan Du2, Haijing Li2
1College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Abstract:
Coupling electrocatalytic nitrite reduction reaction (NO2 -RR) with cyclohexanone conversion enables a sustainable route to cyclohexanone oxime (CHO) electrosynthesis, a key feedstock for the nylon-6 industry. However, this approach is fundamentally constrained by the difficulty of sustaining selective *NH2OH intermediate formation. Here, we reveal for the first time that the Bi(III) sites can enable the catalytic system to efficiently follow the *NH2OH pathway, avoiding the undesired *N pathway. Accordingly, a BiPO4/SiOx interface was designed in which amorphous SiOx functions as an electron-buffer to stabilize Bi(III) active sites. As a result, the BiPO4/SiOx catalyst exhibits a high faradaic efficiency (FECHO) of 77.0 ± 3.4% and a CHO yield rate of 0.64 ± 0.01 mmol h-1 cm-2, surpassing all previously reported catalysts in H-cellMoreover, the BiPO4/SiOx catalyst delivers a nearly 100% carbon and nitrogen selectivity to CHO and retains 91.8% of its initial efficiency after extended cycling, substantially outperforming pristine BiPO4. Combined experimental and theoretical analyses reveal that the stabilized Bi(III) site suppresses the formation of surface K+ H2O, effectively suppressing competing hydrogen evolution and over hydrogenation, thereby enabling efficient CHO electrosynthesis.
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