CISS effect for Selective Organic electrooxidations - CISSel

Producing fine chemicals through green and renewable processes is essential to
achieve a circular economy and worldwide decarbonisation. In this context, the
upgrading of biomass-derived platform molecules (BDPMs) through catalytic
processes is the cornerstone to produce high value-added non-fossil organic
carbon chemicals. However, all these processes when performed under
(photo)electrochemical conditions are still inefficient both in terms of selectivity and yield due to the great variety of potential products and intermediates. CISSel aims to push the field one step closer to industrial application by increasing the yield and selectivity of BDPMs upgrading by using the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect exerted by chiral molecules on the surface of a solid electrode. This effect induces the spin alignment of unpaired electrons on the surface of the electrode, changing the catalytic selectivity and increasing the activity of the electrode. In CISSel we will prepare a new library of hybrid electrodes containing nanoparticulate metal/metal oxide catalysts onto immobilised chiral molecules.