Dual Active Sites on Cu/Cu 2 O Heterostructures for the Cascade Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Amino Acids
Chinese Academy of Sciences · Shanghai Institute of Ceramics · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Electrocatalytic C–N coupling enables the efficient and sustainable production of amino acids. However, it suffers from complex reaction pathways and intense adsorption competition between the reactants and intermediates on a single site. Herein, we report a cascade catalytic strategy on Cu/Cu2O heterostructures for the electrosynthesis of amino acids from nitrate and keto acids. The catalysts are capable of producing a wide range of amino acids (including alanine, glycine, leucine, and glutamic acid), achieving an impressively high Faradaic efficiency of up to 75.78% and a yield of as high as 478.89 mmol h–1gcat–1 for alanine. Mechanism explorations disclose the reconstruction of CuO/C electrocatalysts into…
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- 14.71
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- 100%
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Authors
9- JTJing Tan
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
- QSQiuyan Shen
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
- XJXixiong Jin
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
- MWMin Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
- ABA Bohan
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
Topics & keywords
- Chemistry
- Cascade
- Dual (grammatical number)
- Amino acid
- Heterojunction
- Copper
- Cascade reaction
- Combinatorial chemistry