Comparative Investigation of Nickel, Cobalt, and Iron Oxyhydroxide Anodes for the Electrochemical Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) has received increasing attention as a near-market platform chemical for the replacement of terephthalic acid (TA) in the production of commercial and high-performance polymers such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). FDCA can be obtained from the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which is produced from the dehydration of C-6 monosaccharides obtained from cellulosic biomass. While traditional routes for obtaining FDCA from HMF typically include the use of noble metal catalysts, elevated temperatures, and pressures of O2, the electrochemical oxidation of HMF to FDCA has received increasing attention due to its advantages of being environmentally benign, using water as the oxygen source, and proceeding at ambient temperatures and pressures. To date, very few studies have investigated the use of transition metal oxide-based oxygen evolution catalysts as catalytic anodes for the electrochemical oxidation of HMF to FDCA, as water oxidation is the main competing anodic reaction during HMF oxidation. In this presentation, a comparative study of the catalytic activity of electrochemically-prepared NiOOH, CoOOH, and FeOOH anodes toward the electrochemical oxidation of HMF to FDCA under aqueous alkaline conditions is discussed. The performance of the highest-performing anode material was further enhanced by increasing the surface area of the underlying substrate, and near-quantitative conversion of HMF to FDCA was achieved. The results discussed in this presentation point toward the viability of using inexpensive transition metal oxide-based catalysts for the industrial production of FDCA.
Keywords:
2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA),
5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF),
Nickel oxyhydroxide,
cobalt oxyhydroxide,
Iron oxyhydroxide,
Electrochemistry,
Electroorganic syntheses,
alcohol oxidaion,
Biomass upgrading
Conference:
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) 45th Annual Conference , Orlando, Florida, United States, 17 Sep - 20 Sep, 2018.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Enviornmental and Green Chemistry
Citation:
Taitt
BJ,
Nam
D and
Choi
K
(2019). Comparative Investigation of Nickel, Cobalt, and Iron Oxyhydroxide Anodes for the Electrochemical Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid.
Front. Chem.
Conference Abstract:
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) 45th Annual Conference .
doi: 10.3389/conf.fchem.2018.01.00010
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Received:
27 Sep 2018;
Published Online:
17 Jan 2019.
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Correspondence:
Prof. Kyoung-Shin Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States, kschoi@chem.wisc.edu