The application provides an electrochemical synthesis method of
glycine, improves catalytic activity of
nitrate reduction and C-N
coupling process through atom-dispersed Co-N active sites, and improves
mass transfer efficiency through ordered mesoporous structure, thereby relieving the problem of limited substrate
diffusion in the reaction process, so that higher
glycine Faraday efficiency and yield can be obtained; through taking
cobalt acetate
tetrahydrate, 1,10-
phenanthroline and
magnesium hydroxide as raw materials, and sequentially performing
reflux coordination, high-temperature
pyrolysis and
acid washing template treatment, uniform anchoring and atomic-level dispersion of
cobalt species in the
carbon skeleton can be realized, agglomeration of
cobalt particles in the heat treatment process is avoided, and therefore the
utilization rate and catalytic activity of cobalt active sites are significantly improved. Meanwhile, the
magnesium hydroxide as a template material is removed in the subsequent
acid washing process, and rich mesoporous structure can be formed in the catalyst, which is beneficial to rapid
diffusion and
mass transfer of reactants, intermediates and products, and
diffusion limitation in the reaction process is relieved.