Paired electrolysis is highly valuable from the viewpoint of efficiency as well atom and energy economies. In order to optimize latter two for chemical reactions, development paired electrochemical processes necessary. When both electrodes in an cell (divided undivided) are applied working electrodes, sides (oxidation reduction) yield compounds, this ideal phenomena defined electrosynthesis. Th...

Graphene has a unique atom-thick two-dimensional structure and excellent properties, making it attractive for a variety of electrochemical applications, including electrosynthesis, electrochemical sensors or electrocatalysis, and energy conversion and storage. However, the electrochemistry of single-layer graphene has not yet been well understood, possibly due to the technical difficulties in h...

Despite some success with microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells in recovering resources from wastes, challenges with their scale and yield need to be resolved. Waste streams from biorefineries e.g. bioethanol and biodiesel plants and wastewaters are plausible substrates for microbial electrosynthesis (MES). MES integration can help biorefineries achieving the full polygeneration...

Ammonia (NH3) is a key commodity chemical of vital importance for fertilizers. It is made on an industrial scale via the Haber Bosch process, which requires significant infrastructure to be in place such that ammonia is generally made in large, centralized facilities. If ammonia could be produced under less demanding conditions, then there would be the potential for smaller devices to be used t...

Cyclic voltammetry and constantcurrent electrolysis in a one-compartment cell with a sacrificial anode has been used to study the indirect electroreduction of N-allyl-haloamides by electrogenerated Ni(I) complexes conducted in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and acetonitrile (ACN) and the results were compared with those obtained in protic solvents such as EtOH and EtOHH2O mixtures. It was obser...

The electrolysis of toluate esters leads smoothly to the formation of the radical of the alkyl fragment. This property has been used to develop a new electrochemical deoxygenation reaction.