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Synergistic Bimetallic PdNi Nanoparticles: Enhancing Glycerol Electrooxidation While Preserving C3 Product Selectivity
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemical Engineering, Applied Electrochemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9181-9825
Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden.
FYSIKUM, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-106 91, Sweden.
Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland.
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2024 (English)In: ACS Applied Energy Materials, E-ISSN 2574-0962, Vol. 7, no 5, p. 1802-1813Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Electrochemical conversion of glycerol offers a promising route to synthesize value-added glycerol oxidation products (GOPs) from an abundant biomass-based resource. While noble metals provide a low overpotential for the glycerol electrooxidation reaction (GEOR) and high selectivity toward three-carbon (C3) GOPs, their efficiency and cost can be improved by incorporating non-noble metals. Here, we introduce an effective strategy to enhance the performance of Pd nanoparticles for the GEOR by alloying them with Ni. The resulting PdNi nanoparticles show a significant increase in both specific activity (by almost 60%) and mass activity (by almost 35%) during the GEOR at 40 °C. Additionally, they exhibit higher resistance to deactivation compared to pure Pd. Analysis of the GOPs reveals that the addition of Ni into Pd does not compromise the selectivity, with glycerate remaining at around 60% of the product fraction and the other major product being lactate at around 30%. Density functional theory calculations confirm the reaction pathways and the basis for the higher activity of PdNi. This study demonstrates a significant increase in the GEOR catalytic performance while maintaining the selectivity for C3 GOPs, using a more cost-effective nanocatalyst.

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American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024. Vol. 7, no 5, p. 1802-1813
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alkaline, density functional theory, electrocatalysis, HPLC, value-added products
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Materials Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367480DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c02789ISI: 001179265900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85186369938OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367480DiVA, id: diva2:1984893
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