Electrochemical amination of acetone using Ag as cathode: mechanism and role of Pb impurities for hydrogen transfer

Catalysis Science & Technology

Abstract

This is SI repo for a research article titled Electrochemical amination of acetone using Ag as cathode: mechanism and role of Pb impurities for hydrogen transfer on Catalysis Science & Technology, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/D6CY00189K Acknowledgement Yani Guan, Simran Kumari and Philippe Sautet were supported by the National Science Foundation grant 2140374. Computational resources for this work were provided by the UCLA-shared cluster Hoffman2 and the Expanse cluster through the allocation CHE170060 at the San Diego Supercomputing Center through ACCESS. Justus Kümper, Angelina Cuomo, Sonja D. Mürtz, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer and Regina Palkovits acknowledge the German Research Foundation for funding this project within PA1689/17-1 and the support by the Clusters of Excellence “Fuel Science Center” (EXC 2186, ID: 390919832) and “The Integrated Fuel & Chemical Science Center” (EXC 2186/2, ID: 390919832) funded by the Excellence Initiative by the German federal and state governments to promote science and research at German universities.

Authors 9

1. Yani Guan

   University of California, Los Angeles

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Los Angeles

2. Justus Kümper Aachen Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry RWTH Aachen University

3. Angelina Cuomo

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg

   Affiliation as printed

   Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

   Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

4. Simran Kumari

   University of California, Los Angeles

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Los Angeles

5. Sonja D. Mürtz Aachen Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry RWTH Aachen University

6. Pavlo Nikolaienko

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg

   Affiliation as printed

   Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

7. Karl J. J. Mayrhofer

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg

   Affiliation as printed

   Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

   Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

8. Regina Palkovits Aachen Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry

   RWTH Aachen University · Forschungszentrum Jülich

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Technical Chemistry RWTH Aachen University

   Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (IHE-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich

9. Philippe Sautet

   University of California, Los Angeles

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Los Angeles

   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles