Vacancy Mediated Electrooxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethyl Furfuryl Using Defect Engineered Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalysts (Adv. Energy Mater. 35/2024)

Electrooxidation In article number 2400676, Nicholas M. Bedford and co-workers demonstrate a straightforward Ce-doping strategy for improving the selective electrooxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, a sugar-derived furan, to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, a sustainable monomer for bioplastics. The use of in-situ synchrotron methods, associated structure modeling, and density functional theory calculations reveal modulated active sites beneficial for biomass electrooxidation, providing strategies for future catalyst design in this emerging field.