Pd single atoms guided proton transfer along an interfacial hydrogen bond network for efficient electrochemical hydrogenation.

ABSTRACT: Electrochemical hydrogenation (ECH) of unsaturated carbon-heteroatom bonds is essential for chemical transformations but is often limited by a barrier-intensive surface hydrogen transfer process. The interfacial hydrogen bond (HB) network offers a promising pathway for proton transfer but requires addressing the challenge of nondirectional proton shuttling in three-dimensional space. Here, we create hydrophilic CuOx islands on Cu foam (CF) and load electron-enriched Pd (Pdδ-) single atoms as proton traps (Pd1-CuOx/CF) to guide a fast proton transfer along a modified HB network to enhance ECH efficiency. During ECH, hydrophilic CuOx islands dissociate H2O into protons and reconstruct the interfacial HB network for facile proton transfer, while the Pdδ- single atoms reorient H2O molecules to

SUBMITTER: Zhao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12333693 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature