Highly efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one over Zn–Al bimetallic oxides

Zhenbing Xie; Qiangqiang Guo; Jiaxi Duan; Yongzan Yang; Haishan Xu; Tianyu Xiao; Weixia Zhu; Haoran Wu; Yiyong Mai

doi:10.1039/D5CC04433B

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Highly efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one over Zn–Al bimetallic oxides

Zhenbing Xie,^a Qiangqiang Guo,^a Jiaxi Duan,^b Yongzan Yang,^b Haishan Xu,^c Tianyu Xiao,^c Weixia Zhu,

*^b Haoran Wu

*^b and Yiyong Mai

*^c

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^a Department of Chemistry, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan 063000, China

^b School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
E-mail: haoranwu@zzu.edu.cn, zhuweixia@zzu.edu.cn

^c State Key Laboratory of Synergistic Chem-Bio Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
E-mail: mai@sjtu.edu.cn

Abstract

ZnO(x)/Al₂O₃ composites with a nanocrystalline-amorphous structure were synthesized via a co-precipitation strategy for the efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to high-value-added 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one. High selectivity (87.0%) and faradaic efficiency (79.7%) were achieved. The potential mechanism was proposed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04433B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 03 Aug 2025
Accepted: 01 Oct 2025
First published: 02 Oct 2025

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Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Highly efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one over Zn–Al bimetallic oxides

Z. Xie, Q. Guo, J. Duan, Y. Yang, H. Xu, T. Xiao, W. Zhu, H. Wu and Y. Mai, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04433B

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Highly efficient electrooxidation of biomass-based furfuryl alcohol to 6-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-6H-pyrano-3-one over Zn–Al bimetallic oxides

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