Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthew E O'Reilly

Yogesh Surendranath

Sterling Ben Chu

Alexander T Murray

Tomohiro Fukushima

Corey Jarin Kaminsky

Seokjoon Oh

Megan N Jackson

Disclosed are methods for the electrochemical oxidation of a C&#x2014;H bond in a compound to give a C&#x2014;O bond or C&#x2014;S bond. The oxidation of methane to methanol is described, as well as an electrochemical cell for performing the reaction.

Electrochemical oxidation of aliphatic and aromatic compounds

Disclosed are surface immobilized (electro)catalysts that may be prepared by a condensation reaction that generates an aromatic unit that is robust to acid and base and elevated temperatures. Among their many desirable characteristics, the catalysts are far less prone to the bimolecular deactivation pathways commonly observed for homogeneous catalysts, and may be used in solvents with a range of polarities and dielectric strengths. The catalysts are suitable for a wide array of thermal catalytic reactions (polymerization, oxidation, hydrogenation, cross-coupling etc.) and as anodes and/or cathodes in fuel cells, electrolyzers, and in batteries and supercapacitors.

Molecularly tunable heterogeneous catalysts by edge functionalization of graphitic carbons

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