Polymer-immobilized, hybrid multi-catalyst architecture for enhanced electrochemical oxidation of glycerol

Florika C Macazo; David P Hickey; Sofiene Abdellaoui; Matthew S Sigman; Shelley D Minteer

doi:10.1039/c7cc05724e

Polymer-immobilized, hybrid multi-catalyst architecture for enhanced electrochemical oxidation of glycerol

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Sep 14;53(74):10310-10313. doi: 10.1039/c7cc05724e.

Authors

Florika C Macazo¹, David P Hickey, Sofiene Abdellaoui, Matthew S Sigman, Shelley D Minteer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. minteer@chem.utah.edu.

PMID: 28871300
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05724e

Abstract

The development of a hybrid, tri-catalytic architecture is demonstrated by immobilizing MWCNTs, TEMPO-modified linear poly(ethylenimine) and oxalate decarboxylase on an electrode to enable enhanced electrochemical oxidation of glycerol. This immobilized, hybrid catalytic motif results in a synergistic 3.3-fold enhancement of glycerol oxidation and collects up to 14 electrons per molecule of glycerol.