Recent advances in hybrid seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production

Z Yu, L Liu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater electrolysis (SWE) is a promising and potentially cost‐effective approach to
hydrogen production, considering that seawater is vastly abundant and SWE is able to …

Recent advances in electrocatalytic chloride oxidation for chlorine gas production

Y Wang, Y Liu, D Wiley, S Zhao, Z Tang - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chlorine gas is one of the most basic chemicals produced through electrolysis of brine
solution and is a key raw material in many areas of industrial chemistry. In the past half a …

Influence of electric double layer rigidity on CO adsorption and electroreduction rate

J Hou, B Xu, Q Lu - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the structure of the electric double layer (EDL) is critical for designing
efficient electrocatalytic processes. However, the interplay between reactant adsorbates and …

Direct propylene epoxidation via water activation over Pd-Pt electrocatalysts

M Chung, JH Maalouf, JS Adams, C Jiang… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Direct electrochemical propylene epoxidation by means of water-oxidation intermediates
presents a sustainable alternative to existing routes that involve hazardous chlorine or …

Br/BrO-mediated highly efficient photoelectrochemical epoxidation of alkenes on α-Fe2O3

Y Zhao, M Duan, C Deng, J Yang, S Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epoxides are significant intermediates for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and epoxy
resins. In this study, we develop a Br−/BrO− mediated photoelectrochemical epoxidation …

Spatial decoupling of bromide-mediated process boosts propylene oxide electrosynthesis

M Chi, J Ke, Y Liu, M Wei, H Li, J Zhao, Y Zhou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The electrochemical synthesis of propylene oxide is far from practical application due to the
limited performance (including activity, stability, and selectivity). In this work, we spatially …

Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water

Y Li, A Ozden, WR Leow, P Ou, JE Huang, Y Wang… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The electrochemical production of ethylene oxide (EO) from CO2, water and renewable
electricity could result in a net consumption of CO2. Unfortunately existing electrochemical …

Interfacial electrochemical-chemical reaction coupling for efficient olefin oxidation to glycols

SK Zhang, Y Feng, A Elgazzar, Y **a, C Qiu, Z Adler… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Coupling electrochemical and chemical reactions has been demonstrated in traditional
tandem reactor systems, but their practical applications are still distilled down to individual …

Bromine‐Enhanced Generation and Epoxidation of Ethylene in Tandem CO2 Electrolysis Towards Ethylene Oxide

W Xue, L Quan, H Liu, B Yu, X Chen… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The indirect electro‐epoxidation of ethylene (C2H4), produced from CO2 electroreduction
(CO2R), holds immense promise for CO2 upcycling to valuable ethylene oxide (EO) …

Ethylene electrooxidation to 2-chloroethanol in acidic seawater with natural chloride participation

L Huang, P Wang, Y Jiang, K Davey… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ethylene oxidation to oxygenates via electrocatalysis is practically promising because of
less energy input and CO2 output compared with traditional thermal catalysis. However …