Coordination Funds

未来以氢为基础的可持续能源系统是不可避免的。这种分子储能化合物的生产肯定是通过电解来实现的。在第一个资助期，已经成功地证明了催化剂修饰的惰性电极上的有机转化可以取代水电解中的析氧反应，后者由于高过电压而消耗了相当大一部分电能。因此，产生有用的平台化学品的替代阳极反应代表了一种替代放氧的创新选择。在第二个资助期，不寻常的阳极反应将扩展到氨和氮氧化，同时研究在用催化剂修饰的电极上生产有机平台氧化剂，以统一有机电合成和电催化。这一策略应能进一步控制有机氧化反应的选择性。此外，还需要特定的分析和理论专业知识来使用ATR-IR光谱电化学来阐明反应中间体和吸附物，使用EC-STM来可视化活性中心，并使用密度泛函和多尺度方法提供理论基础。该研究小组将在制备电解中弥合有机电化学基础和电催化之间的差距，同时提供通向更可持续未来的新途径。

A future sustainable energy system based on hydrogen is inevitable. The production of this molecular energy storage compound will definitely be by electrolysis. In the first funding period, it was already successfully shown that organic transformations on inert electrodes modified with catalysts can replace the oxygen evolution reaction in water electrolysis, which consumes a substantial part of the electrical power due to the high overvoltage. Alternative anode reactions that produce useful platform chemicals thus represent an innovative alternative to oxygen evolution. In the second funding period, the unusual anode reactions will be extended to ammonia and nitrogen oxidation while simultaneously investigating the production of organic platform oxidizers on electrodes modified with catalysts to unify organic electrosynthesis and electrocatalysis. This strategy should allow further control of the selectivity of organic oxidation reactions. Furthermore, specific analytical and theoretical expertise is needed to elucidate reaction intermediates and adsorbates using ATR-IR spectroelectrochemistry, to visualise the active sites using EC-STM, and to provide the theoretical basis using DFT and multiscale methods. The research group will bridge the gap between the fundamentals of organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis in preparative electrolysis while offering new pathways into a more sustainable future.