Promoted electrocatalytic hydrogenation of furfural in a bi-phasic system
Mei Jiang, Jingwen Tan, Yizhong Chen, Wenbiao Zhang, Peng Chen, Yi Tang, Qingsheng Gao
Abstract
The promoted electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to 2-methylfuran is for the first time identified in a water/oil bi-phasic system, in which the oil phase can quickly separate hydrophobic products from the electrode/electrolyte interfaces, resulting in a beneficial equilibrium toward hydrodeoxygenation.
Topics & Concepts
FurfuralHydrodeoxygenationElectrolyteChemistryBiomass (ecology)ElectrodeCatalysisChemical engineeringOrganic chemistrySelectivityGeologyEngineeringOceanographyPhysical chemistryCatalysis for Biomass ConversionElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis