Abstract: Transition metal-catalyzed organic electrochemistry is a rapidly growing research area owing in part of the ability of metal catalysts to alter the selectivity of a given transformation. This conversion...
Biomass could be a source of the redox shuttles that have shown promise for operation as high potential, organic electrolytes for redox flow batteries. There is a sufficient quantity of biomass to satisfy the growing demand to buffer the episodic nature of renewably produced electricity. However, despite a century of effort, it is still not evident how to use existing information from organic electrochemistry to design the electrocatalysts or supporting electrolytes that will confer the required activity, selectivity and longevity. In this research, the use of a fiducial reaction to normalize reaction rates is shown to fail.
Transition metal-catalyzed organic reactions in undivided electrochemical cells
