Nanostructured carbon-based materials as sustainable electrocatalysts for energy conversion applications
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Ingle, Swapnil Sudhakar, Nanostructured carbon-based materials as sustainable electrocatalysts for energy conversion applications, Trinity College Dublin.School of Chemistry, 2022Download Item:
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Electrochemistry has recently gained increased attention as a versatile strategy for achieving
challenging transformations at the forefront of organic chemistry. Electrochemistry’s unique
ability to generate highly reactive radical and radical ion intermediates in a controlled fashion
under mild conditions has inspired the development of a number of new electrochemical
methodologies for the preparation of valuable chemical motifs. Particularly, recent
developments in electrosynthesis have featured an increased use of redox-active
electrocatalysts to further enhance control over the selective formation and downstream
reactivity of these reactive intermediates. Furthermore, electrocatalytic mediators enable
synthetic transformations to proceed in a manner that is mechanistically distinct from purely
chemical methods, allowing for the subversion of kinetic and thermodynamic obstacles
encountered in conventional organic synthesis. This review highlights key innovations within
the past decade in the area of material electrocatalysis, with emphasis on the mechanisms and
catalyst design principles underpinning these advancements. A host of oxidative and reductive
electrocatalytic methodologies are discussed and are grouped according to the classification of
the synthetic transformation and the nature of the electrocatalyst.
The scope of electrocatalysis in chemical literature is extensive, with major areas of growth
including the development of electrocatalytic systems for energy-related applications (such as
water splitting and CO2 reduction), more recently synthetic chemistry. In the area of material
synthesis, continuing pressure to develop efficient and sustainable synthetic strategies has
driven a tremendous surge of interest in electrocatalytic methodologies from within the broader
material chemistry community.
This thesis highlights the growing discipline of material electrocatalysis. We aim to showcase
the versatility of these electrocatalytic systems as well as illustrate the design principles used
to develop the electrocatalytic system by various techniques such as ultra-spray hydrolysis,
hydrothermal synthesis.
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State government of Maharashtra India
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
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Author: Ingle, Swapnil Sudhakar
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Colavita, PaulaPublisher:
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