Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Using Supported Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters under Flow-Through Configuration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Electrochemical 2,4-Dichlorophenol Hydrodechlorination
2.2. H*-Mediated Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Mechanism
2.3. Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations
2.4. System Optimization
2.5. System Stability Evaluation
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals and Materials
3.2. Preparation of AuNC@CNT Nanohybrid Filter
3.3. Characterization
3.4. Electrochemical 2,4-Dichlorophenol Filtration Experiments
3.5. Analytical Methods
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | External Energy | Pollutant Concentration | pH | Removal Efficiency | Ref. |
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Pd-MBfR | H2 | 0.1 mM | 75% (2 h) | [32] | |
Pd/C | Electricity | 0.31 mM | 4.0 | 35.7% (2 h) | [33] |
Pd/TiN | Electricity | 0.31 mM | 4.0 | 60.3% (2 h) | [33] |
C–Pd | Electricity | 0.31 mM | 6.5 | 47.5% (2 h) | [34] |
Pd/TiN | Electricity | 0.31 mM | 3.5 | 76.4% (2 h) | [35] |
Pd-NiMOF/Ni foam | Electricity | 0.045 mM | 4.0 | 82.8% (2 h) | [36] |
AuNC@CNT | Electricity | 0.5 mM | 3.0 | 91.5% (2 h) | This work |
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Zhao, Z.; Yan, H.; Liu, F.; Yao, J.; You, S.; Liu, Y. Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Using Supported Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters under Flow-Through Configuration. Catalysts 2023, 13, 1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13071045
Zhao Z, Yan H, Liu F, Yao J, You S, Liu Y. Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Using Supported Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters under Flow-Through Configuration. Catalysts. 2023; 13(7):1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13071045
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Zhiyuan, Haochen Yan, Fuqiang Liu, Jie Yao, Shijie You, and Yanbiao Liu. 2023. "Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination Using Supported Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters under Flow-Through Configuration" Catalysts 13, no. 7: 1045. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13071045