Selective electrochemical hydrogenation of furfural to 2-methylfuran over a single atom Cu catalyst under mild pH conditions
Peng Zhou, Yu Chen, Peng Luan, Xiaolong Zhang, Ziliang Yuan, Si-Xuan Guo, Qinfen Gu, Bernt Johannessen, Mamun Mollah, Alan L. Chaffee, David R. Turner, Jie Zhang
Abstract
Furfural can be electrochemically hydrogenated to 2-methylfuran in mild conditions with high selectivity using a catalyst containing single atom copper active sites and oxophilic phosphorus dopants.
Topics & Concepts
FurfuralFurfuryl alcoholCatalysisChemistryElectrochemistryFaraday efficiencySelectivityInorganic chemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryCatalysis for Biomass ConversionElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies