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Title: Vacancy Mediated Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethyl Furfuryl Using Defect Engineered Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts

Journal Article · · Advanced Energy Materials
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  1. School of Chemical Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
  2. Department of Chemistry School of Science Tokyo Institute of Technology 2‐12‐1 Ookayama Meguro‐ku Tokyo 152‐8550 Japan
  3. School of Chemical Engineering The University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5005 Australia
  4. Department of Chemistry Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD 21218 USA
  5. Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, Electron Microscope Unit The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
  6. Australian Synchrotron ANSTO 800 Blackburn Road Clayton VIC 3168 Australia

Abstract Electrochemical biomass oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution offers a promising route to generate value‐added chemicals and clean energy. The complex adsorption behavior of 5‐hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) and hydroxyl ions (OH ) on the electrocatalyst surface during HMF electrooxidation reaction (HMFOR) necessitates an in‐depth understanding of active sites available for adsorption. Herein, oxygen vacancy (V O ) defects are introduced in NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) using Ce dopants to manipulate electronic structure. Synchrotron‐based HE‐XRD and XAS indicate negligible V O in La‐doped NiFe while Ce doping leads to V O defects due to flexible Ce redox (Ce 3+ ↔ Ce 4+ ). The V O ‐rich Ce‐NiFe exhibits higher Faradic efficiency of ≈90% to produce 2,5‐furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), far greater than ≈60% for NiFe V O in Ce‐NiFe act as alternative active sites for OH adsorption, hence reducing adsorption competition for the same metal sites. DFT calculation results corroborate experimental findings by showcasing that the presence of V O in Ce‐NiFe manipulates the adsorption energies and facilitates the chemical adsorption OH in V O to improve HMFOR. In situ HE‐XRD derived pair distribution function coupled to RMC simulations confirm OH trapping in V O and HMF adsorption on metal centers as evident by interlayer distance evolution. Taken together, this work showcases routes for dual‐site electrocatalyst design for improved biomass electrooxidation.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
NONE; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
2370572
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2370574
Journal Information:
Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 35 Vol. 14; ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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