Self-Standing Carbon Nanofibers@Carbon Felt Electrodes to Boost Electrolyzer Productivity: Application to the Electro-Manufacturing of trans-3-Hexenedioic Acid and Adipic Acid.

ABSTRACT: The industrial implementation of electrosynthesis for chemical manufacturing remains constrained by the limited surface area of conventional electrodes. Herein, this challenge is addressed by designing a carbon nanofiber@carbon felt (CNF@CF) electrode platform that combines the high conductivity, flexibility, and ease of handling of commercial carbon felts (CF) with the large surface area and tunable surface chemistry of carbon nanofibers (CNFs). CNFs are deliberately grown onto the CF scaffold to form a sword-in-sheath structure, where entangled nanofibers wrap the felt macrofibers to provide excellent mechanical stability and electrical conductivity without binders. CNF@CF is evaluated both as an electrode and as a catalyst support for the electrochemical hydrogenation of cis,cis-muconic

SUBMITTER: Elhambakhsh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12665876 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature