Fig. 1: Combining organic electrosynthesis and materials-driven electrocatalysis in an electrocatalyst:mediator assembly.
From: CoOx clusters-decorated IrO2 electrocatalyst activates NO3- mediator for benzylic C-H activation
Illustration of anodic toluene oxidation by a, homogeneous catalysts with non-targeted commercial electrodes as current collectors, b, materials-driven electrocatalysis and c, the electrocatalyst:mediator assembly. d Schematic of anodic toluene oxidation coupled to hydrogen evolution from water at cathode. e Faradaic efficiencies of anodic toluene oxidation with different mediators. f LSV of the reaction system with and without NO3-. All error bars represent standard deviation based on three independent samples. No iR correction was conducted. Source data for Fig. 1e, f are provided as a Source Data file.
