title: Energy and chemicals from the selective electrooxidation of renewable diols by organometallic fuel cells.
abstract: Organometallic fuel cells catalyze the selective electrooxidation of renewable diols, simultaneously providing high power densities and chemicals of industrial importance. It is shown that the unique organometallic complex [Rh(OTf)(trop2NH)(PPh3)] employed as molecular active site in an anode of an OMFC selectively oxidizes a number of renewable diols, such as ethylene glycol , 1,2-propanediol (1,2-P), 1,3-propanediol (1,3-P), and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-B) to their corresponding mono-carboxylates. The electrochemical performance of this molecular catalyst is discussed, with the aim to achieve cogeneration of electricity and valuable chemicals in a highly selective electrooxidation from diol precursors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, ICCOM-CNR, Polo Scientifico Area CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy).
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellini
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bevilacqua
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Filippi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavacchi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchionni
authors.forename: Hamish A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oberhauser
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vizza
authors.forename: Samuel P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Annen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grützmacher
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006018:Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006018:Glycols; D009942:Organometallic Compounds
keywords: carboxylates; energy conversion; organometallic fuel cell; oxidation; renewable alcohols; rhodium