Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Efficient electrochemical production of glucaric acid and H2 via glucose electrolysis

  • Wu-Jun Liu,
  • Zhuoran Xu,
  • Dongting Zhao,
  • Xiao-Qiang Pan,
  • Hong-Chao Li,
  • Xiao Hu,
  • Zhi-Yong Fan,
  • Wei-Kang Wang,
  • Guo-Hua Zhao,
  • Song Jin,
  • George W. Huber,
  • Han-Qing Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14157-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Renewable biomass conversion may afford high-value products from common materials, but catalysts usually require expensive metals and exhibit poor selectivities. Here, authors employ nickel-iron oxide and nitride electrocatalysts to produce H2 and to convert glucose to glucaric acid selectively.