Research
High-entropy alloy aerogels promote selective glycerol oxidation to tartronate at industrial current densities
Nature · By Hengyi Chen ·
The Brief
- Nature Communications paper reports a PtCuCoCeSn high-entropy alloy aerogel catalyst for glycerol electrooxidation.
- The authors aim to improve selectivity toward tartronate at industrial-scale current densities, where selectivity is reported as limited.
- The source is a journal abstract excerpt; no further performance figures are given in the provided material.
Why it matters
Glycerol electrooxidation is a route to converting a biodiesel by-product into value-added chemicals, and selectivity at high current density is a key barrier to industrial use.
Who’s affected
- electrocatalysis and green chemistry researchers
- chemical process engineers working on biomass or biodiesel valorisation
- #electrocatalysis
- #glycerol oxidation
- #high-entropy alloys
- #aerogels
- #tartronate
Nature Communications, Published online: 10 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-78330-1 The production of tartronate from glycerol electrooxidation is limited by low selectivity at industrial-scale current densities. Here, the authors report a PtCuCoCeSn high-entropy alloy…
Timeline
Paper published online in Nature Communications (doi:10.1038/s41467-026-78330-1)
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High-entropy alloy aerogels promote selective glycerol oxidation to tartronate at industrial current densities