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  "abstract": "The electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol at the anode has emerged as an alternative to the kinetically sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Although cobalt-based electrocatalysts have been widely explored for the OER, their catalytic performance for anodic alcohol oxidation reactions remains limited due to the substantial energy barrier arising from the transformation of the precatalyst to the active Co(O)OH phase and its weak interaction with benzyl alcohol. Herein, a ligand-modification strategy is adopted by incorporating chloranilic acid as a redox-active functional ligand into the structure of FeCo-layered double hydroxide (LDH) to form a metal hydroxide organic framework (HOF). The quinonoid structure of chloranilic acid in the HOF facilitates the electrooxidation of Co2+ to Co3+ to form Fe–Co3+(O)OH as the active phase. As a result, FeCo-HOF-AC produces higher benzyl alcohol oxidation activity, suppressing the OER, compared to the active catalyst FeCo-LDH-AC. Interestingly, FeCo-HOF-AC achieved 1.6 A cm−2 current density for benzyl alcohol oxidation at 1.39 VRHE at an elevated temperature (65 °C), with 98% faradaic efficiency for PhCOOH.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Department of Chemistry, IIT (BHU) Varanasi UP-221005 India",
    "Institute of Nano Science and Technology Knowledge City, Sector 81 Mohali Punjab 140306 India"
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      "name": "Toufik Ansari"
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      "name": "Arindam Indra",
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  "doi": "10.1039/d6sc06869c",
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  "pmcid": "PMC13733532",
  "pmid": "42985686",
  "published": "2026-10-29",
  "publisher": "Royal Society of Chemistry",
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  "title": "Ligand-assisted facile Co2+/Co3+ conversion in a metal–hydroxide framework promotes electrochemical benzyl alcohol oxidation at ampere-scale current density",
  "title_text": "Ligand-assisted facile Co2+/Co3+ conversion in a metal–hydroxide framework promotes electrochemical benzyl alcohol oxidation at ampere-scale current density",
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  "updated_at": "2026-11-08T12:23:17Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/cfmfv7xvjmtf9",
  "venue": "Chemical Science",
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