Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of glucose and xylose using carbon fiber supported Au nanocatalysts

Jay Pee Oña; Rose Marie Latonen; Narendra Kumar; Markus Peurla; Ilari Angervo; Henrik Grénman

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140754

Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of glucose and xylose using carbon fiber supported Au nanocatalysts

Jay Pee Oña, Rose Marie Latonen, Narendra Kumar, Markus Peurla, Ilari Angervo, Henrik Grénman^*

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Abstract

Recent evidences have shown catalyst structure sensitivity of electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of organic molecules in aqueous phase. In this study, ECH of glucose and xylose was investigated using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on activated carbon fiber (CF) support as catalyst. CF supported AuNPs catalysts (CF/AuNPs) were synthesized by deposition-precipitation method and were characterized by physicochemical (SEM, TEM, XRD, N₂ physisorption, ICP-OES) and electrochemical methods. Chemical or thermal pre-treatment of CF prior to Au deposition resulted in different AuNPs size distributions. The activity towards glucose or xylose ECH were observed to be dependent on the particle size of AuNPs and the applied potential. Compared to a polycrystalline Au catalyst, higher reaction rates for glucose and xylose ECH were observed for a CF/AuNPs catalyst with a higher surface area. This indicates that the activity of Au towards glucose and xylose ECH is dependent on the surface area and particle size, and particle size control can be achieved by simple chemical or thermal pretreatment of the catalyst support.

Original language	English
Article number	140754
Number of pages	11
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	426
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140754
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This research is part of the FosToBioH2 (From fossil to biohydrogen in Finnish (bio)industry - utilizing electrocatalysis in Aqueous Phase Reforming of hemicelluloses) project at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation (Finland) for their significant financial support. We also thank the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, and Biocenter Finland for the TEM images and L. Silvander (Åbo Akademi University) for the SEM analysis. This research is part of the FosToBioH2 (From fossil to biohydrogen in Finnish (bio)industry - utilizing electrocatalysis in Aqueous Phase Reforming of hemicelluloses) project at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation (Finland) for their significant financial support. We also thank the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, and Biocenter Finland for the TEM images and L. Silvander (Åbo Akademi University) for the SEM analysis.

Keywords

Au nanocatalysts
Carbon fiber
Electrocatalytic
Glucose
Hydrogenation
Xylose

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