Boosting the Electro-oxidation of 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural on a Co-CoS Heterojunction by Intensified Spin Polarization

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 Jun 3

PMID 35656131

Authors

Jianmin Chen

Yajing Wang

Mingjun Zhou

Yingwei Li

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Abstract

The conversion of biomass-derived platform molecules (, 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF)) represents a sustainable route to produce value-added chemicals. Here we report the fabrication of an N-doped carbon nanotube assembled yolk-shell polyhedron with embedded Co-CoS nanoparticles (NPs) (Y-Co-CoS @CN) for efficient HMF electrooxidation. DFT calculations demonstrate that the formation of the heterojunction could intensify spin polarization in Co-CoS, thus achieving effective d-p coupling between the catalyst and reactant/intermediate. As expected, Y-Co-CoS @CN exhibits excellent HMF electro-oxidation activity at a low applied potential of 1.29 V RHE at 10 mA cm in 0.1 M KOH with 5 mM HMF, affording an FDCA yield of 96% and FE of 93.5%. This work not only sheds light on the catalytic nature of the heterojunction and the underlying mechanisms for the enhancement of HMF electro-oxidation activity, but would also provide a descriptor for the rational design of advanced electro-catalysts.

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