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Efficient electrochemical oxidation of the biomass platform compound furfural on a Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16 electrode

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The use of electrocatalytic technology to replace traditional harsh thermocatalysis in the process of biomass utilization has undoubtedly been an effective means to achieve green and sustainable development. The use of the environmentally friendly method of synthesizing furoic acid (FA) from the biomass platform compound furfural (FF) by electrooxidation was investigated. The surface of the Ni–Co oxide electrode with a Ni content of 0.48 (Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16) obtained by a simple electrodeposition method was covered by a layer of flower-like porous structure, while NiO, Co2+, and Co3+ coexisted. Moreover, the Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16 electrode exhibited 95.4% FA faraday efficiency and 99.6% selectivity with a substrate concentration of 20 mM at 1.0 V vs. Hg/HgO and 50 °C. In addition, a mechanism for electrooxidation of FF into FA over a Ni–Co oxide electrode was proposed.

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This work was supported by the Scientific Research Projects of Colleges and University in Hebei Province (QN2023007). The authors thank the Facility for Electrode Preparation and Analysis at the Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University.

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    Yanru Zhang, Xinyue Wang, Pengpeng Wu, Xiliang Zhang, Qian Zhou & Liang Xing

  2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Wear-resistant Metallic Materials with High Strength and Toughness, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China

    Yanru Zhang

  3. Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yongming Fan

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Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Wu, P. et al. Efficient electrochemical oxidation of the biomass platform compound furfural on a Ni0.48Co0.36O0.16 electrode. J Appl Electrochem (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-024-02122-y

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