Prof. Licheng Sun’s group in the Department of Chemistry at Westlake University recently published a research paper in Energy & Environmental Science. The paper is titled “Bio-inspired Proton Relay for Promoting Continuous 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Electrooxidation in Flowing System.”
This work demonstrates a proton-relay strategy for designing catalysts to achieve high-performance FDCA production from HMF electrooxidation. The AEM-based electrolyzer continuously and stably produces FDCA under industrial-relevant conditions (7.5 A) for over 240 hours.
Ph.D. student Dexin Chen and postdoctoral researcher Wenlong Li from Westlake University are the first authors. Prof. Licheng Sun from the Department of Chemistry at Westlake University is the corresponding author.