Electrolytic Organic Production TRIZ Cases

An electric field or gate electrode independently tunes working-electrode charge, cutting over-potential and improving electrochemical efficiency.

A Ni/NiFe(OH)x catalytic layer on a CuI-Bi electrode enables ambient electrohydrodimerization of acrylonitrile with lower pollution and energy use.

A porous PEDOT coating on PTFE creates a conductive gas diffusion layer that resists flooding and supports selective, stable CO2 reduction.

Cuprous oxide, copper, and added metals improve long-term CO2 reduction stability and Faraday efficiency for ethylene and ethanol production.

Individually addressable electrodes and microfluidic flow control enable parallel polymer synthesis with fresh reagents, lower waste, and higher throughput.

Direct electron transfer in biohybrid electrodes enables selective vitamin D3 hydroxylation with high yield and fewer by-products.

An oxidized nitride-metal interface stabilizes Cu active sites for PEC CO2 reduction, enabling efficient ethylene formation with long-term stability.

Transition metal phosphide cathodes improve CO2 and CO electroreduction selectivity while lowering overpotential and hydrogen byproduct formation.

Heterocyclic molecules on a copper cathode block proton access in acidic CO2 reduction, suppressing HER and improving ethylene selectivity.

An aqueous electrocatalytic cathode process improves muconic acid hydrogenation selectivity and yield while enabling catalyst rejuvenation and reuse.

Transition metal carbide cathodes improve CO and CO2 electroreduction selectivity, lower overpotential, and reduce hydrogen side products.

Carbon-doped γ-Fe2O3 on graphite felt enables room-temperature electrochemical methane conversion to methanol with improved selectivity.

Electrical potential drives redox-based supramolecular assembly with precise spatiotemporal control, repetitive cycling, and no chemical fuel waste.

Ambient FDCA electrolysis with a bismuth electrode and quaternary ammonium salt cuts energy use and avoids harmful oxidants in adipic acid production.

Epitaxial cobalt-nickel core-shell porosity improves catalyst stability, mass transfer, and multi-electron hydrogen evolution kinetics.

Liquid exudation can cover the reaction surface; a water-repellent, porous electrode keeps gas-phase CO2 in contact for sustained reduction.

Organic carbonate solvents and an undivided cell enable selective halogenation without direct use of hazardous chlorine or bromine.

Low-selectivity diene halogenation and elemental-halogen hazards are addressed with electrolysis, organic halogen sources, and an undivided cell.

Grafting aryl groups onto copper catalysts improves current density and Faradaic efficiency for electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion.

Weak CO2 adsorption on noble metals limits selective CO production; a lanthanide oxide–gold interface improves activation and reaches over 97% Faradaic efficiency.

Insufficient active sites and peeling limit HMF-to-FDCA catalysts; epitaxial cobalt-nickel hydroxide skins improve electrocatalytic activity and stability.

Cu0–Cu+ interfaces and high-area pores confine CO2 intermediates, supporting ethanol selectivity and higher partial current density.

Long, low-yield routes are segmented into catalytic coupling, hydrolysis, and esterification to streamline safer abiraterone acetate production.

This case uses transition metal oxide cathodes to reduce CO2 to formic acid while limiting hydrogen formation and separation complexity.

A copper nanoparticle electrocatalyst converts CO2 to glycolaldehyde, enabling a formose route to sugars with 96.2% carbon yield.

A glassy carbon substrate coated with an electrically conductive diamond film serves as a durable electrode for electrolytic processes.

Electrochemical reductive amination using non-precious metal catalysts at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

Electrooxidation synthesizes spiro[5.5] skeletons from biphenyl without transition metal catalysts, eliminating high costs and environmental hazards.

An anionic thiol ligand enriches alkali metal cations on a gold nanocluster surface to boost carbon dioxide conversion activity.

Size-selected subnanometer catalyst clusters reduce overpotentials and turnover rates, resolving stability-efficiency trade-offs in water oxidation.

A gas diffusion electrode uses a non-conductive hydrophobic domain to fill electron-conductive pores, enabling stable gas transport.

Smaller acidic alkali metal cations enhance methanol selectivity by facilitating proton transfer, overcoming low conversion rates from larger cations.

An electrocatalytic process converts hydrocarbons to formate esters using formic acid and a polyoxometalate catalyst.

Alternating current electrolysis drives redox reactions in organic synthesis, eliminating photo-catalyst requirements and reducing chemical waste generation.

Liquid carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction uses a phase transfer catalyst to drive efficient chemical conversion.

Sulfur-doped tin oxide nanoparticles boost current density three to five times and improve stability during electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction.

A gas reduction reactor recycles unreacted gases through a hydrogen removal device to prevent byproduct accumulation.

Copper nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon nanospikes drive electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide.

Segmented gas diffusion electrode layers prevent electrolyte flooding and maintain electrical conductivity during electrochemical CO2 reduction.

A three-dimensional spiral working electrode heated directly by alternating current enables localized thermal control for electrochemical reactions.

A copper hollow fiber electrode with a porous structure enhances mass transport, achieving high faradaic efficiency for CO production at low potentials.

Amphiphile-templated bimetallic nanoframes promote hydrogen coverage on defect sites, replacing expensive noble metals with cost-effective alloys.

Recirculating electrolysis waste heat to preheat carbon dioxide and steam, reducing external energy input for syngas production.

Amorphous multimetal oxy-hydroxide catalysts reduce overpotentials by preventing phase segregation of structurally dissimilar elements.

Chemisorbed hydrophobic layers suppress proton reduction, improving Faradaic efficiency for C2 products during electrolysis.

An electrochemical cell transports oxygen ions through an electrolyte to accelerate methane coupling at a catalyst electrode.

A gas diffusion electrode applies a hydrophobicity gradient to resolve flooding versus conductivity trade-offs in electrochemical CO2 reduction.