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Amorphous nickel boride facilitates active site generation for HMF electrooxidation†

Yi Xiao Wu,a   Hao Guan Xu,a   Ji Kai Liu,a   Wenhan Jiang,b   Yi Zhou, ORCID logo b   Xin Yu Zhang,*b   Peng Fei Liu ORCID logo *a  and  Hua Gui Yang ORCID logo a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
E-mail: pfliu@ecust.edu.cn

b Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
E-mail: xy_zhang@ecust.edu.cn

Abstract

In this study, we demonstrate an amorphous NiB(O) electrocatalyst for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation reaction (HMFOR). The distinctive amorphous structure of NiB(O) facilitates rapid reconstruction, accelerating HMFOR kinetics. NiB(O) exhibits a high current density of 300 mA cm−2 at a low potential of 1.44 V vs. RHE with a yield of 2,5-furanedicarboxylic acid (FDCA) exceeding 92% and a conversion rate approaching 100% during five cycles of HMFOR.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC00799B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2025
Accepted
08 May 2025
First published
12 May 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Amorphous nickel boride facilitates active site generation for HMF electrooxidation

Y. X. Wu, H. G. Xu, J. K. Liu, W. Jiang, Y. Zhou, X. Y. Zhang, P. F. Liu and H. G. Yang, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC00799B

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