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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35463-3
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2021YFA1501503]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22121004, 22108197]
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations [CYZC202107]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City [21JCZXJC00060]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [BP0618007]
This paper describes a strategy of balancing the active sites for the generation and dimerization of ketyl intermediates by constructing bimetallic Pd/Cu electrocatalysts with tunable surface coverage of Pd, achieving high Faradaic efficiency and production rate of hydrobenzoin. Experimental and theoretical results show that Pd promotes the generation of ketyl intermediates, while Cu enhances their dimerization. The balance between these two sites facilitates the coupling of benzaldehyde towards hydrobenzoin.
Electroreductive coupling of biomass-derived benzaldehyde offers a sustainable approach to producing value-added hydrobenzoin. The low efficiency of the reaction mainly ascribes to the mismatch of initial formation and subsequent dimerization of ketyl intermediates (Ph-CH = O -> Ph-C center dot-OH -> Ph-C(OH)-C(OH)-Ph). This paper describes a strategy to balance the active sites for the generation and dimerization of ketyl intermediates by constructing bimetallic Pd/Cu electrocatalysts with tunable surface coverage of Pd. A Faradaic efficiency of 63.2% and a hydrobenzoin production rate of up to 1.27 mmol mg(-1) h(-1) (0.43 mmol cm(-2) h(-1)) are achieved at -0.40 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode. Experimental results and theoretical calculations reveal that Pd promotes the generation of the ketyl intermediate, and Cu enhances their dimerization. Moreover, the balance between these two sites facilitates the coupling of benzaldehyde towards hydrobenzoin. This work offers a rational strategy to design efficient electrocatalysts for complex reactions through the optimization of specified active sites for different reaction steps.
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