Improvement of the Selectivity for Hydrogen Peroxide Production via the Synergy of TiO2 and Graphene

SUN Yun-Long and HUANG Jun-Heng*

Chin. J. Struct. Chem. 2022, 41, 2203085-2203091  DOI: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-3299

March 15, 2022

oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen peroxide, titanium dioxide, graphene, electrochemistry

ABSTRACT

To replace the four-electron transferred pathway of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by two-electron transferred pathway of ORR (2e- ORR) is desirable for the production of hydrogen peroxide with added-value. The development of electrocatalysts with high selectivity toward 2e- ORR is of great interest but it is still a challenge. Here, we synthesized the graphene-supported titanium dioxide nanocomposite as the 2e- 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 TiO2/graphene exhibits the improved selectivity (up to 90%) for oxygen converting into hydrogen peroxide.



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