Synthesis 2023; 55(18): 2817-2832
DOI: 10.1055/a-2072-2617
short review
Special Issue Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

Accelerated Electrosynthesis Development Enabled by High-Throughput Experimentation

Huijie Chen
a   College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, P. R. of China
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Yiming Mo
a   College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, P. R. of China
b   ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311215, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
This work was supported by the National Key R & D Program of China (No. 2021YFA1502700) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22108242).


Abstract

Electrochemical synthesis has recently emerged as an environmentally benign method for synthesizing value-added fine chemicals. Its unique reactivity has attracted significant interests of synthetic chemists to develop new redox chemistries. However, compared to conventional chemistry, the increased complexity caused by electrode materials, supporting electrolytes, and setup configurations create obstacles for efficient reaction discovery and optimization. The recent increasing adoption of high-throughput experimentation (HTE) in synthetic chemistry significantly expedites the synthesis development. Considering the potential of implementing HTE in electrosynthesis to tackle the challenges of increased parameter space, this short review aims at providing recent advances in the HTE technology for electrosynthesis, including electrocatalysts screening, device miniaturization, electroanalytical methods, artificial intelligence, and system integration. The discussed contents also cover some topics in HTE electrochemistry for areas other than synthetic chemistry, hoping to spark some inspirations for readers to use interdisciplinary techniques to solve challenges in synthetic electrochemistry.

1 Introduction

2 Parallelized Reaction Screening

3 High-Throughput Screening for Electrocatalysts

4 Miniaturization of Screening Devices

5 Analytical Methods for Electrosynthesis Screening

6 Artificial Intelligence for High-Throughput Screening

7 Integrated Screening Systems

8 Conclusion and Outlook



Publication History

Received: 16 December 2022

Accepted after revision: 12 April 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
12 April 2023

Article published online:
16 May 2023

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