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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 122, Issue 19, Pages 10489-10494Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02685
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- Swedish Research Council
- Rontgen-Angstrom project HEXCHEM
- National Science Foundation [ACI-1053575]
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Glycerol is a byproduct of biodiesel production and an abundant feedstock for the synthesis of high-value chemicals. A promising approach for valorization of glycerol is electrooxidation on gold. In this work, we investigate electrooxidation of glycerol on gold in acidic media using cyclic voltammetry and density functional theory calculations. Experimentally, we observe activity for electrooxidation above a potential of 0.5 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). A Pourbaix diagram is calculated to evaluate the surface coverage under reaction conditions, indicating that the surface is free from adsorbates at the measured onset potential. Computationally, we find that the onset potentials for partial dehydrogenation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone, 2,3-dihy-droxy-2-propenal, and glyceraldehyde are 0.39, 0.39, and 0.60 V versus RHE, respectively, while complete dehydrogenation to carbon monoxide requires 0.50 V versus RHE. Our theoretical and experimental findings are in agreement and show the possibility of using gold as a catalyst for the production of hydrogen and other valuable chemicals from glycerol.
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