Electrosynthesis of amino acids from biomass-derivable acids on titanium dioxide

• DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07208j
• Publication Date: 2019-10-31T09:25:58Z
• Authors: Takashi Fukushima; Miho Yamauchi
• Keywords: Electrosynthesis; Titanium Dioxide

Seven amino acids were electrochemically synthesized from biomass-derivable α-keto and NH2OH with faradaic efficiencies (FEs) of 77–99% using an earth-abundant TiO2 catalyst. Furthermore, we newly constructed a flow-type electrochemical reactor, named "polymer electrolyte acid electrosynthesis cell", achieved continuous production alanine FE 77%.