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CHEMSUSCHEM
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300795
Keywords
biomass; electrocatalysis; lignin; sustainable chemistry; vanillin
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Lignin, a sustainable alternative to petroleum, can be converted into valuable aromatic compounds through electrocatalytic upgrading. This study explores the impact of temperature and electrical potential on the formation rate of these products, finding that temperature has a much larger effect than electrical potential.
Lignin, a major component of plant biomass, is a promising sustainable alternative carbon-based feedstock to petroleum as a source of valuable aromatic compounds such as vanillin. However, lignin upgrading reactions are poorly understood due to its complex and variable molecular structure. This work focuses on electrocatalytic lignin upgrading, which is efficient and sustainable at moderate temperatures and pressures and does not require stoichiometric reagents. We used a meta-analysis of published lignin conversion and product yield data to define the operating range, to select the catalyst, and then performed electrocatalytic experiments. We quantified the impact of temperature and electrical potential on the formation rate of valuable products (vanillic acid, acetovanillone, guaiacol, vanillin, and syringaldehyde). We found that increasing temperature increases their formation rate by an order of magnitude more than increasing electrical potential. For example, increasing temperature from 21 to 180 degrees C increases the vanillin formation rate by +16.5 mg & sdot;L-1 & sdot;h-1 +/- 1.7 mg & sdot;L-1 & sdot;h-1, while increasing electrical potential from 0 to 2 V increases the vanillin formation rate by -0.6 mg & sdot;L-1 & sdot;h-1 +/- 1.4 mg & sdot;L-1 & sdot;h-1. When converting lignin to valuable products by electrocatalysis with nickel catalyst, increasing temperature from 21 to 180 degrees C increases the formation rate of vanillin by 16.5 mg L-1 & sdot; h-1 whereas increasing electrical potential from 0 to 2 V decreases the formation rate of vanillin by 0.6 mg L-1 h-1.image
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