Friday, June 19, 2015: 11:20 AM
Ballroom A (Lawrence Convention Center)
Electrochemical upgrading of a biomass pyrolysis model compound, guaiacol, in a 3-electrode H-cell and a flow-through solid polymer electrolyte reactor over a Ru/C catalyst was compared to thermochemical vapor-phase upgrading. Electrochemical upgrading achieved both hydrogenation and deoxygenation of guaiacol and produced a different product slate than thermochemical upgrading methods.
Extended Abstracts:
- Schaidle_Echem_NAM_Abstract_Oct2014.pdf (68.1KB) - Extended Abstract