Introduction
Green chemistry (GC) has been defined as the utilization of a series of principles that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of dangerous substances during the design, fabrication, or application of chemical products [1].
Electrochemistry is naturally suited to conform to most of the principles involved in green chemistry. There are several environmentally favorable features of electrochemical transformations including [2–4] (a) electrons are intrinsically clean reagents; (b) most of the reactions may take place at room temperature which reduces energy consumption, the risk of corrosion, material failure, and the cost associated to temperature controls; (c) reactions may occur in low or null volatility reaction media (e.g., the use of ionic liquids), and this reduces accidental solvent releases to the atmosphere; (d) electrodes function as heterogeneous catalysts (they are easily separated from the products); (e) when the heterogeneous electron transfer is naturally...
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Ibanez, J.G., Fitch, A., Frontana-Uribe, B.A., Vasquez-Medrano, R. (2014). Green Electrochemistry. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_132
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