Sustainable electrochemical synthesis of dry formaldehyde from anhydrous methanol
Florian Schwarz, Elizabeth Larenz, Anna K. Mechler
Abstract
Dry formaldehyde was electrochemically produced from methanol at ambient conditions. Faraday efficiencies of up to 90% were achieved and the reaction was successfully scaled-up to a flow cell to approach industrially relevant operation conditions.
Topics & Concepts
AnhydrousFormaldehydeMethanolElectrochemistryChemistryInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions