The invention discloses a method for efficiently co-producing
benzoquinone and
cyclohexanone based on electrochemical oxidation / reduction of
phenol, which adopts an acid-base mixed electrochemical electrolytic tank, the
anode electrolyte is alkaline
electrolyte, the
cathode electrolyte is acidic electrolyte, the
anode electrode is
nickel foam loaded with
nickel sulfide-
nickel oxide composite nanosheets, and the
cathode electrode is nickel foam loaded with
nickel sulfide-
nickel oxide composite nanosheets. The
cathode electrode is a
palladium-nickel-
boron nanoparticle alloy with
nitrogen-doped
porous carbon as a carrier, and the
anode electrolyte and the cathode electrolyte are separated by a bipolar membrane; the
phenol is added into the anolyte and the catholyte, so that the
phenol is electrochemically oxidized by the anode to generate an additional product
benzoquinone with high economic value, and meanwhile, the phenol is catalyzed by the cathode to be reduced to generate an additional product
cyclohexanone with high economic value. The whole
system only needs to consume acid and alkali, the method has the advantages of being good in
environmental protection effect and considerable in capacity, and the electrochemical electrolytic tank is good in stability, simple in preparation method, low in cost and easy to achieve large-scale production and has the potential to be applied to large-scale treatment of acid and alkali
wastewater containing phenol in industry.