Atomically dispersed Pd electrocatalyst for efficient aqueous phase dechlorination reaction

Zhechuan Mao, Linghui Liu, Hong Bin Yang, Yangliang Zhang, Zeqing Yao, Huan Wu, Yanqiang Huang, Yinghua Xu*, Bin Liu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

High atom utilization is important for practical application of Pd catalysts in dechlorination of chlorinated organic pollutants (COPs). Herein, we report atomically dispersed Pd (coordinated with 2 pyridinic N) anchored on N-doped carbon (A-Pd-NC) as an efficient catalyst toward electrochemical dechlorination of COPs in aqueous solution. Constant current electrolysis showed that the A-Pd-NC catalyst possessed a much higher dechlorination activity (DA, 98.9 mmol•g−1•h−1) than commercial Pd/C (2.4 mmol•g−1•h−1). Using A-Pd-NC as an effective electrocatalyst, near 100% product selectivity of 4-chlorophenol to phenol could be achieved at pH = 3. Constant potential electrolysis, cyclic voltammetry (CV), electron spin resonance (ESR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculation results suggested that the dechlorination stability of A-Pd-NC was dependent on the potential applied on the catalyst and the dechlorination reaction followed the hydrodechlorination mechanism with electrochemically adsorbed H as the reductant. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Article number138886
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume391
Online published13 Jul 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • 4-Chlorophenol
  • Catalytic mechanism
  • Dechlorination
  • Palladium
  • Single atom catalyst

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