Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference (MATSUS24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2024.113
Publication date: 18th December 2023
Transitioning from fossil to renewable resources is crucial for advancing clean energy conversion and fostering a sustainable chemical industry. The current dependence on fossil resources for production of carbon-based platform chemicals poses a significant challenge. Utilizing inedible biomass as a renewable carbon source is a promising alternative. Electrochemistry offers an innovative route to transform biomass into valuable chemical building blocks, leveraging green chemistry principles such as compatibility with aqueous media, generation of benign redox environments, and operability under near-ambient conditions. Despite these advantages, the electrochemical valorisation of many biomass-derived chemicals remains largely unexplored, particularly in understanding electrocatalytic interfaces for these reactions. This gap presents a significant opportunity for pioneering advances in sustainable chemical (electro)synthesis.
In this contribution, I will showcase our research on the electrocatalytic conversion of a series of biomass-derived organic acids.[1-3] Our investigation bridges fundamental aspects from model compounds to practical applications with industrial biomass streams. I will discuss the multifaceted challenges and prospects of electrocatalytic conversion of these chemicals, including revealing structure-activity relationships, and proposing strategies to enhance activity, counteract catalyst deactivation and enhance reaction selectivity. The opportunities to integrate paired biomass electrolysis for energy-efficient green hydrogen production will also be considered. Our work provides further understanding on the sustainable electrosynthesis of chemicals from renewable biomass resources, opening new avenues for new developments in this field.
I would like to acknowledge the Research Council of Finland for financial support (ref. 355569).
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