Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions
Selective electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass-derived unsaturated organic molecules has enormous potential for sustainable chemical production. However, an efficient catalyst is essential to perform an ECH reaction consisting of superior product selectivity and a higher conversion rate. H...
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| author | Baleeswaraiah Muchharla Moumita Dikshit Ujjwal Pokharel Ravindranath Garimella Adetayo Adedeji Kapil Kumar Wei Cao Hani Elsayed-Ali Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi Sandeep Kumar Bijandra Kumar |
| author_facet | Baleeswaraiah Muchharla Moumita Dikshit Ujjwal Pokharel Ravindranath Garimella Adetayo Adedeji Kapil Kumar Wei Cao Hani Elsayed-Ali Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi Sandeep Kumar Bijandra Kumar |
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| description | Selective electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass-derived unsaturated organic molecules has enormous potential for sustainable chemical production. However, an efficient catalyst is essential to perform an ECH reaction consisting of superior product selectivity and a higher conversion rate. Here, we examined the ECH performance of reduced metal nanostructures, i.e., reduced Ag (rAg) and reduced copper (rCu) prepared via electrochemical or thermal oxidation and electrochemical reduction process, respectively. Surface morphological analysis suggests the formation of nanocoral and entangled nanowire structure formation for rAg and rCu catalysts. rCu exhibits a slight enhancement in ECH reaction performance in comparison to the pristine Cu. However, the rAg exhibits more than two times higher ECH performance without compromising the selectivity for 5-(HydroxyMethyl) Furfural (HMF) to 2,5-bis(HydroxyMethyl)-Furan (BHMF) formation in comparison to the Ag film. Moreover, a similar ECH current density was recorded at a reduced working potential of 220 mV for rAg. This high performance of rAg is attributed to the formation of new catalytically active sites during the Ag oxidation and reduction processes. This study demonstrates that rAg can potentially be used for the ECH process with minimum energy consumption and a higher production rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2546bf1f65d4db989ffd268c1928d3c2023-06-20T10:05:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Chemistry2296-26462023-06-011110.3389/fchem.2023.12004691200469Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditionsBaleeswaraiah Muchharla0Moumita Dikshit1Ujjwal Pokharel2Ravindranath Garimella3Adetayo Adedeji4Kapil Kumar5Wei Cao6Hani Elsayed-Ali7Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni8Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi9Sandeep Kumar10Bijandra Kumar11Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC, United StatesLaboratory of Environmental Sustainability and Energy Research (LESER), National Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaBiomass Research Laboratory (BRL), Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesBiomass Research Laboratory (BRL), Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesDepartment of Natural Sciences, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC, United StatesLaboratory of Environmental Sustainability and Energy Research (LESER), National Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesCenter for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, QatarDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaBiomass Research Laboratory (BRL), Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United StatesDepartment of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC, United StatesSelective electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass-derived unsaturated organic molecules has enormous potential for sustainable chemical production. However, an efficient catalyst is essential to perform an ECH reaction consisting of superior product selectivity and a higher conversion rate. Here, we examined the ECH performance of reduced metal nanostructures, i.e., reduced Ag (rAg) and reduced copper (rCu) prepared via electrochemical or thermal oxidation and electrochemical reduction process, respectively. Surface morphological analysis suggests the formation of nanocoral and entangled nanowire structure formation for rAg and rCu catalysts. rCu exhibits a slight enhancement in ECH reaction performance in comparison to the pristine Cu. However, the rAg exhibits more than two times higher ECH performance without compromising the selectivity for 5-(HydroxyMethyl) Furfural (HMF) to 2,5-bis(HydroxyMethyl)-Furan (BHMF) formation in comparison to the Ag film. Moreover, a similar ECH current density was recorded at a reduced working potential of 220 mV for rAg. This high performance of rAg is attributed to the formation of new catalytically active sites during the Ag oxidation and reduction processes. This study demonstrates that rAg can potentially be used for the ECH process with minimum energy consumption and a higher production rate.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1200469/fullelectrochemical hydrogenation5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF)2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF)nanocoral Agelectrocatalystsbiomass |
| spellingShingle | Baleeswaraiah Muchharla Moumita Dikshit Ujjwal Pokharel Ravindranath Garimella Adetayo Adedeji Kapil Kumar Wei Cao Hani Elsayed-Ali Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi Sandeep Kumar Bijandra Kumar Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions Frontiers in Chemistry electrochemical hydrogenation 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) nanocoral Ag electrocatalysts biomass |
| title | Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions |
| title_full | Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions |
| title_fullStr | Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions |
| title_short | Reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan in ambient conditions |
| title_sort | reduced metal nanocatalysts for selective electrochemical hydrogenation of biomass derived 5 hydroxymethyl furfural to 2 5 bis hydroxymethyl furan in ambient conditions |
| topic | electrochemical hydrogenation 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) nanocoral Ag electrocatalysts biomass |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2023.1200469/full |
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