Abstract i List of Contents iii List of tables v List of figures vi Chapter 1. Background 1 1. Brief Introduction. 1 Chapter 2: High Faradaic Efficiency Electrosynthesis of Benzimidazoles by C-N Coupling of Diamines and CO2 on Cu Nanoparticles Coated on a Novel Hierarchically Porous Nickel Foam 3 2.1 Introduction 3 2.2. Experimental sections 5 2.3 Results and discussions 9 2.3.1 Characterizations of hNiF 9 2.3.2. Characterizations of Cu NPs coated hNiF. 12 2.3.3. Electrochemical performance of the prepared catalysts. 15 2.3.4. C-N coupling reaction mechanism analysis 20 2.4. Conclusion 25 Chapter 3. Formamide Electrosynthesis from Ammonia and Methanol over Noble-Metal Nanoparticles Modified Hierarchically Porous Nickel Foam 26 3.1 Background. 26 3.2. Experimental section 28 3.3 Results and discussions 30 3.4. Conclusion 40 Chapter 4. Electrocatalytic Anodic Hydrogen Evolution and Formate Production on Cu/CuOx Coated on Hierarchically Porous Nickel Foam 41 4.1 Background 41 4.2 Materials and Methods 44 4.3. Results and discussions 48 4.4. Conclusion 64 References 66 Chapter 5. Summarization 77 요 약 문 79
