Realising highly selective catalysts for continuous chlorine production

目的是在温和条件下直接电催化低浓度NaCl溶液，形成用于聚合物和药品生产的氯气，使低维金属有机骨架催化剂成为可能。该项目还将基于原位光谱，如x射线吸收和拉曼光谱，获得对CER机制的原子级理解。与单膜电催化析氯不同，该项目将设计一种新型集成反应器系统，以缓解自然缓慢的析氯反应CER，显著提高产率和选择性。

The aim is to directly electrocatalytic low concentration NaCl solution under mild conditions, to form chlorine gas for the polymers and pharmaceuticals production, enabled by the low dimensional metal-organic framework based catalysts. The project will also gain an atomic-level understanding of the mechanism of CER, based on in-situ spectroscopies e.g., X-ray absorption and Raman. Unlike electrocatalytic chlorine evolution using membrane cell with one membrane only, the project will design a novel integrated reactor system to alleviate the naturally sluggish chlorine evolution reaction, CER, significantly improving the yield and selectivity.