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Insight into the mechanism of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural electroreduction to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan over Cu anchored N-doped carbon nanosheets

Haoran Wu1, Xinwei Chen2, Haishan Xu2, Runlu Yang1, Xin Wang1, Junying Chen1, Zhenbing Xie3( ), Liang Wu2( ), Yiyong Mai2( )
School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Department of Chemistry, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan 063000, China
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Novel biomass-derived Cu/NC electrocatalysts, featuring with electron-deficient copper nanoparticles anchored on N-doped carbon nanosheets, were designed for the highly efficient electroreduction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan.

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Design of non-noble metal electrocatalysts for biomass conversion to high-value chemicals and understanding the related catalytic mechanisms are of profound significance but have remained a major challenge. Here, we developed a novel biomass-derived electrocatalyst (denoted as Cu/NC), featuring with electron-deficient copper nanoparticles anchored on N-doped carbon nanosheets, for the electrochemical reduction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF, a vital precursor of functional polymers). The optimized Cu/NC electrocatalyst exhibited an excellent performance with high Faradaic efficiency (89.5%) and selectivity (90.8%) of BHMF at a low concentration of HMF (18.1 mM). Even at a very high HMF concentration (108.6 mM), the Faraday efficiency and selectivity of BHMF could still reach 74.8% and 81.1%, respectively. This performance approached those of the reported noble metal-based electrocatalysts. Mechanism study revealed that the N doping in the Cu/NC catalyst could regulate the electronic structure of Cu, strengthening the adsorption of the HMF carbonyl group, and thus boosting the selectivity of BHMF. Additionally, strong electronic metal-support interactions of Cu and the N-doped carbon support optimized the charge transfer rate, thus promoting the dissociation of water to the active hydrogen (H*) species and boosting the reaction kinetic rate of H* and HMF.

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biomass5-hydroxymethylfurfuralelectrochemical reductionN-doped carbon materials2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 9,
September 2024
Pages 7991-7999
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6816-x
Cite this article:
Wu H, Chen X, Xu H, et al. Insight into the mechanism of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural electroreduction to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan over Cu anchored N-doped carbon nanosheets. Nano Research, 2024, 17(9): 7991-7999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6816-x
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Received: 13 May 2024
Revised: 05 June 2024
Accepted: 07 June 2024
Published: 05 July 2024
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