To replace the four-electron transferred pathway of oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) by two-electron transferred pathway of ORR (2
e- ORR) is desirable for the production of hydrogen peroxide with added-value. The
development of electrocatalysts with high selectivity toward 2
e- ORR is of great interest but it is still a challenge. Here, we synthesized the
graphene-supported titanium dioxide nanocomposite as the 2
e- ORR
catalysts by a combinative process of hydrothermal methods and calcination. Due
to the synergistic effect between the graphene with high conductivity and the
titanium dioxide with defect sites, the composite TiO
2/graphene
exhibits the improved selectivity (up to 90%) for oxygen converting into hydrogen
peroxide.