Highly selective transformation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone without using oxidants by a PtSb/C-catalyzed electrooxidation process

Seonhwa Lee, Hyung Ju Kim, Eun Ja Lim, Youngmin Kim, Yuseong Noh, George W. Huber, Won Bae Kim

Green Chemistry · 2016 · 152 citations · 47 references

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Abstract

The PtSb/C catalyzed highly selective transformation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone and H<sub>2</sub> was achieved by controlling the applied electrode potential without using oxidants <italic>via</italic> an electrocatalytic reactor system in acidic media.

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