A generalized approach for enhancing contact-electro-catalysis of oxides in a broad temperature range by fluorination
Ziming Wang, Xuanli Dong, Ning Wu, Yawei Feng, Xueyan Yang, Huifan Li, Zhe Yang, Wei Tang, Zhong Lin Wang · 2025
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Ziming Wang and co-authors present a 2025 paper on charging catalysts with static electricity to drive chemistry. Contact-electro-catalysis uses the charge exchanged when materials touch, but the usual polymer catalysts wilt at high heat. The team grafted fluorine groups onto four common oxides to boost their charge exchange.
The treated silica matched polymers at room temperature and beat them up to 180 degrees Celsius. Fluorine's grip on electrons and the oxide's heat tolerance explain the edge. As a proof of use, the charged silica leached metals from spent lithium battery cathodes at 70 degrees, pulling out over ninety percent of each element within five hours. Because the trick works across many oxides, the authors see a general recipe. Hot industrial streams could gain a green catalyst.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ziming Wang, Xuanli Dong, Ning Wu, Yawei Feng, Xueyan Yang, Huifan Li, Zhe Yang, Wei Tang, Zhong Lin Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |