Realising highly selective catalysts for continuous chlorine production

其目的是在温和的条件下直接电催化低浓度的氯化钠溶液，在低维金属-有机骨架催化剂的支持下形成氯气用于聚合物和医药生产。该项目还将以X射线吸收和拉曼光谱等原位光谱学为基础，从原子层面了解CER的机理。不同于只有一层膜的膜电池的电催化析氯，该项目将设计一种新型的集成反应器系统，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.