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Hydrogen Peroxide Versus Hydrogen Generation at Bipolar Pd/Au Nano-catalysts Grown into an Intrinsically Microporous Polyamine (PIM-EA-TB)
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Richard Malpass-Evans,
Neil B. McKeown,
Philip J. Fletcher,
Diana Lednitzky,
Frank Marken
Electrocatalysis, Volume: 12, Issue: 6, Pages: 771 - 784
Swansea University Author:
Mariolino Carta
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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s12678-021-00692-5
Abstract
Binding of PdCl42− into the polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-EA-TB (on a Nylon mesh substrate) followed by borohydride reduction leads to uncapped Pd(0) nano-catalysts with typically 3.2 ± 0.2 nm diameter embedded within the microporous polymer host structure. Spontaneous reaction of Pd(0) wit...
| Published in: | Electrocatalysis |
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| ISSN: | 1868-2529 1868-5994 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58668 |
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Binding of PdCl42− into the polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-EA-TB (on a Nylon mesh substrate) followed by borohydride reduction leads to uncapped Pd(0) nano-catalysts with typically 3.2 ± 0.2 nm diameter embedded within the microporous polymer host structure. Spontaneous reaction of Pd(0) with formic acid and oxygen is shown to result in the competing formation of (i) hydrogen peroxide (at low formic acid concentration in air; with optimum H2O2 yield at 2 mM HCOOH), (ii) water, or (iii) hydrogen (at higher formic acid concentration or under argon). Next, a spontaneous electroless gold deposition process is employed to attach gold (typically 10- to 35-nm diameter) to the nano-palladium in PIM-EA-TB to give an order of magnitude enhanced production of H2O2 with high yields even at higher HCOOH concentration (suppressing hydrogen evolution). Pd and Au work hand-in-hand as bipolar electrocatalysts. A Clark probe method is developed to assess the catalyst efficiency (based on competing oxygen removal and hydrogen production) and a mass spectrometry method is developed to monitor/optimise the rate of production of hydrogen peroxide. Heterogenised Pd/Au@PIM-EA-TB catalysts are effective and allow easy catalyst recovery and reuse for hydrogen peroxide production. |
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| Keywords: |
Biomass; Disinfection; Heterogenised palladium; Epoxidation; Hydrogen |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
China Scholarship Council (201906870022); EP/K004956/1 from the EPSRC |
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6 |
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771 |
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784 |