Biofuels Lab

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Prof. Dr. Uwe Schröder
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Electrosynthesis - "ElectroFuels"

Electrosynthesis is the synthesis of (organic) compounds using electrochemcial methods. Our group investigates and uses electrosynthesis in the light of green chemistry and energy storage. Emphasis are electrofuels - organic compounds and potential liquid fuels that are produced from renewable resources via electrosynthesis. Electrofuels thereby allow the storage of electric energy from, e.g., excess wind power and photovoltaics into a liquid compound of high energy density. The electrofuels approach distinguishes from conventional "Power-to-liquid" concepts, in which the production of hydrogen as a reaction intermediate is the only electrochemical step.


Selected Publications

Waldemar Sauter, Olaf Lennart Bergmann, Uwe Schröder
Hydroxyacetone: A glycerol based platform for electrocatalytic hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation processes
ChemSusChem 10 (2017) 3105-3110 (VIP Paper)

Olusola O. James, Waldemar Sauter, Uwe Schröder
Electrochemistry for the Generation of Renewable Chemicals: One-Pot Electrochemical Deoxygenation of Xylose to δ-Valerolactone
ChemSusChem 10 (2017) 2015-2022

dos Santos, T.; Nilges, P.; Schröder, U.
Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: Transformation of fatty acids and triglycerides to "diesel -like" olefin/ether mixture and olefins.
ChemSusChem, 2015, 8 886-893 

Harnisch, F.; Blei, I.; dos Santos, T.R.; Möller, M.; Nilges, P.; Eilts, P.; Schröder, U.
From the test-tube to the test-engine: Assessing the suitability of prospective liquid biofuel compounds.
RCS Advances 2013, 3, 9594-9605 

Nilges, P., Schröder, U.:
Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: Production of furans by electrocatalytic hydrogenation of furfurals.
Energy and Environmental Science. 2013, 6, 2925-293 

Nilges, P.; dos Santos, T.; Harnisch, F.; Schröder, U.
Electrochemistry for biofuel generation: Electrochemical conversion of levulinic acid to octane.
Energy and Environmental Science 2012, 5 5231-5235