White Navar M, Waldie Kate M
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
Dalton Trans. 2024 Jul 16;53(28):11644-11654. doi: 10.1039/d3dt04304e.
The electrocatalytic oxidation of carbon-based liquid fuels, such as formic acid and alcohols, has important applications for our renewable energy transition. Molecular electrocatalysts based on transition metal complexes provide the opportunity to explore the interplay between precise catalyst design and electrocatalytic activity. Recent advances have seen the development of first-row transition metal electrocatalysts for these transformations that operate hydride transfer between the substrate and catalyst. In this Frontier article, we present the key contributions to this field and discuss the proposed mechanisms for each case. These studies also reveal the remaining challenges for formate and alcohol oxidation with first-row transition metal systems, for which we provide perspectives on future directions for next-generation electrocatalyst design.
碳基液体燃料（如甲酸和醇类）的电催化氧化在我们向可再生能源转型过程中具有重要应用。基于过渡金属配合物的分子电催化剂为探索精确催化剂设计与电催化活性之间的相互作用提供了契机。最近的进展见证了用于这些转化的第一排过渡金属电催化剂的开发，这些催化剂在底物和催化剂之间进行氢化物转移。在这篇前沿文章中，我们介绍了该领域的关键贡献，并讨论了每种情况所提出的机制。这些研究还揭示了第一排过渡金属体系用于甲酸盐和醇氧化时仍存在的挑战，为此我们提供了下一代电催化剂设计未来方向的观点。
