Novel electrochemical route to cleaner fuel dimethyl ether

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07187-8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07187-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07187-8" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-017-07187-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Novel electrochemical route to cleaner fuel dimethyl ether

Original language description

Methanol, the simplest alcohol, and dimethyl ether, the simplest ether, are central compounds in the search for alternative green combustion fuels. In fact, they are generally considered as the cornerstones of the envisaged Methanol Economy scenario, as they are able to efficiently produce energy in an environmentally friendly manner. However, despite a massive amount of research in this field, the synthesis of dimethyl ether from liquid methanol has never so far been reported. Here we present a computational study, based on ab initio Molecular Dynamics, which suggests a novel synthesis route to methanol dehydration leading thus to the dimethyl ether synthesis through the application of strong electric fields. Besides proving the impressive catalytic effects afforded by the field, our calculations indicate that the obtained dimethyl ether is stable and that it can be progressively accumulated thanks to the peculiar chemical pathways characterising the methanol reaction network under electric field. These results suggest that the experimental synthesis of dimethyl ether from liquid methanol could be achieved, possibly in the proximity of field emitter tips.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10405 - Electrochemistry (dry cells, batteries, fuel cells, corrosion metals, electrolysis)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientific Reports

ISSN

2045-2322

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL2017

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000412759200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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