Highly efficient ethylene production via electrocatalytic hydrogenation of acetylene under mild conditions

Suheng Wang; Kelechi Uwakwe; Liang Yu; Jinyu Ye; Yuezhou Zhu; Jingting Hu; Ruixue Chen; Zheng Zhang; Zhiyou Zhou; Jianfeng Li; Zhaoxiong Xie; Dehui Deng

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27372-8

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Highly efficient ethylene production via electrocatalytic hydrogenation of acetylene under mild conditions

Suheng Wang,
Kelechi Uwakwe,
Liang Yu,
Jinyu Ye,
Yuezhou Zhu,
Jingting Hu,
Ruixue Chen,
Zheng Zhang,
Zhiyou Zhou,
Jianfeng Li,
Zhaoxiong Xie,
Dehui Deng

Affiliations

Suheng Wang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Kelechi Uwakwe: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liang Yu: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jinyu Ye: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yuezhou Zhu: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Jingting Hu: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Ruixue Chen: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Zheng Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Zhiyou Zhou: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Jianfeng Li: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Zhaoxiong Xie: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Dehui Deng: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27372-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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This work achieves highly active and selective electrocatalytic hydrogenation of acetylene to ethylene (HAE) under mild conditions over Cu catalyst to replace the classic thermocatalytic HAE route requiring harsh conditions and costly H2.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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