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Bio-Inspired Catalysts Featuring Earth Abundant Metals and Secondary Coordination Sphere Interactions for the Reduction of Oxyanions

Year: 2023

Type: report

Abstract: The scientifically challenging problem of catalytically reducing oxyanions was explored and presented great opportunities in terms of the environment, economics and energy self-sufficiency. Oxyanions are pervasive as they are found in many areas of technology, all forms of life, in minerals, and as synthetic materials. Given their ubiquity, the contamination of inorganic oxyanions in drinking water is a national problem as 26 states and Puerto Rico have reported high concentrations of these harmful pollutants. The goals achieved by this research was to catalytically reduce oxyanions utilizing sustainable earth abundant catalysts featuring bio-inspired ligands. This worked allowed us to gain fundamental insights into what dictates the reduction/reactivity for these anions.

DOI: 10.2172/1998162

Authors: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States), Alison Fout, USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: English

Topic: Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: gold

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Award: BIO-INSPIRED CATALYSTS FEATURING EARTH ABUNDANT METALS AND SECONDARY COORDINATION SPHERE INTERACTIONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF OXYANIONS

OpenAlex ID: W4386903476

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