3D printing is a rapid prototyping technique that allows for unique designed to be quickly developed for a wide variety of applications. Due to the ability to quickly to share the digital designs and the availibility of 3D printing hardware, the applicaiton of 3D printing for scientific research has grown rapidly. Because of the unique geometries involved in many electrochemical devices and the rapid rise of electrochemistry in organic synthesis, we are interested in studying how 3D printing can be used to facilitiate the integration of these to chemical fields. In this research project 3D printed objects were made from natural and composite plastic materials to serve as both the electrode and the electrochemical device for use in proof-of-concept synthetic reactions. This project specifically focused on how the geometries of the 3D printed devices could increase the effective surface area to lower the required time for the reaction to proceed. Additionally, electrochemical devices were prepared to facilitate the activation process for 3D printed electrodes to allow for larger electrodes and shorter reaction times.

3D printed electrodes and devices for electro-organic synthesis

ACS Spring 2022

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