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Electroreduction of Methanediol on Copper

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We have used density functional theory calculations to study intermediates in the electroreduction of methanediol on copper. We find that methanediol, which is the hydrated form of formaldehyde, may be reduced to methanol with a limiting potential close to the experimental onset for reduction of aqueous formaldehyde.

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Acknowledgments

This material is based on work supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research through the MURI program under AFOSR Award No. FA9550-10-1-0572 (H.A.H. and C.S.), by the Office of Naval Research under the Young Investigators Program, award N00014-12-1-0851 (A.A.P. and Y.Z.), and by the NSF GFRP (J.H.M.).

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  1. SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Heine A. Hansen, Joseph H. Montoya, Chuan Shi, Andrew A. Peterson & Jens K. Nørskov

  2. School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA

    Yin-Jia Zhang & Andrew A. Peterson

  3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA

    Heine A. Hansen, Joseph H. Montoya, Chuan Shi, Andrew A. Peterson & Jens K. Nørskov

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Hansen, H.A., Montoya, J.H., Zhang, YJ. et al. Electroreduction of Methanediol on Copper. Catal Lett 143, 631–635 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-013-1023-5

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