The use of water as an oxygen and hydrogen source for the paired oxygenation and hydrogenation of organic substrates to produce valuable chemicals is of utmost importance as a means of establishing green chemical syntheses. Inspired by the active Ni 3+ intermediates involved in electrocatalytic water oxidation by nickel‐based materials, we prepared NiB x as a catalyst and used water as the oxygen source for the oxygenation of various organic compounds. NiB x was further employed as both an anode and a cathode in a paired electrosynthesis cell for the respective oxygenation and hydrogenation of organic compounds, with water as both the oxygen and hydrogen source. Conversion efficiency and selectivity of ≥99 % were observed during the oxygenation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid and the simultaneous hydrogenation of p ‐nitrophenol to p ‐aminophenol. This paired electrosynthesis cell has also been coupled to a solar cell as a stand‐alone reactor in response to sunlight.
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Zhang, P., Sheng, X., Chen, X., Fang, Z., Jiang, J., Wang, M., … Sun, L. (2019). Paired Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Hydrogenation of Organic Substrates with Water as the Oxygen and Hydrogen Source. Angewandte Chemie, 131(27), 9253–9257. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201903936
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