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Integrating Hydrogen Production with Aqueous Selective Semi‐Dehydrogenation of Tetrahydroisoquinolines over a Ni 2 P Bifunctional Electrode
Author(s) -
Huang Chenqi,
Huang Yi,
Liu Cuibo,
Yu Yifu,
Zhang Bin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201903327
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , bifunctional , oxygen evolution , chemistry , electrolysis , redox , hydrogen production , anode , aqueous solution , inorganic chemistry , water splitting , nanosheet , faraday efficiency , hydrogen , standard hydrogen electrode , electrode , chemical engineering , combinatorial chemistry , electrochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , working electrode , electrolyte , photocatalysis , engineering
Exploring an alternative anodic reaction to produce value‐added chemicals with high selectivity, especially integrated with promoted hydrogen generation, is desirable. Herein, a selective semi‐dehydrogenation of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) is demonstrated to replace the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for boosting H 2 evolution reaction (HER) in water over a Ni 2 P nanosheet electrode. The value‐added semi‐dehydrogenation products, dihydroisoquinolines (DHIQs), can be selectively obtained with high yields at the anode. The controllable semi‐dehydrogenation is attributed to the in situ formed Ni II /Ni III redox active species. Such a strategy can deliver a variety of DHIQs bearing electron‐withdrawing/donating groups in good yields and excellent selectivities, and can be applied to gram‐scale synthesis. A two‐electrode Ni 2 P bifunctional electrolyzer can produce both H 2 and DHIQs with robust stability and high Faradaic efficiencies at a much lower cell voltage than that of overall water splitting.