Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Yogesh Surendranath

Trevor Alan Hatton

Sahag Voskian

Sterling Ben Chu

Matthew E O'Reilly

Alexander Murray

Stefan M Kilyanek

Corey Jarin Kaminsky

Tomohiro Fukushima

Megan N Jackson

R Soyoung Kim

Seokjoon Oh

Andrew Licini

Alexander T Murray

An electrolytic system and method of manufacturing white phosphorus.

Molten metaphosphate electrolysis for production of white phosphorus

Disclosed is an electrochemical method for continuous regeneration of a Ptoxidant to furnish overall electrochemical methane oxidation. Cl-adsorbed Pt electrodes catalyze facile oxidation of Ptto Ptwithout concomitant methanol oxidation. Exploiting this electrochemistry, the Ptratio in solution is maintained via in situ monitoring of the solution potential coupled with dynamic modulation of the electric current. Remarkably, this method leads to sustained methane oxidation catalysis with &#x2dc;70% selectivity for methanol.

Controlled electrochemical oxidation of Pt(II) ions for continuous methane-to-methanol conversion

Systems and methods for electrochemically producing chemical products are provided. In certain cases, the systems and methods described herein are capable of producing chemical products such as hydrogen peroxide in solutions with relatively low concentrations of electrolyte or other dissolved species at high efficiencies and/or low energetic cost. In some cases, redox mediators are used to spatially decouple direct electrochemical processes from the production of the chemical product.

Production of chemical products using electrochemical flow systems and mediators and associated methods

Systems and methods for electrochemically producing chemical products are provided. In certain cases, the systems and methods described herein are capable of producing chemical products such as hydrogen peroxide in solutions with relatively low concentrations of electrolyte or other dissolved species at high efficiencies and/or low energetic cost. In some cases, redox mediators are used to temporally decouple direct electrochemical processes from the production of the chemical product.

Production of chemical products using electrochemical flow systems and slug flow and associated methods

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

Disclosed herein is an electrode material comprising a carbon-containing substrate, comprising a surface and a plurality of Rmoieties wherein each Rmoiety is covalently bound to the surface; and each Rmoiety comprises a fluorine atom. Also, disclosed herein is a method of preparing an electrode material.

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