Nature Communications ( IF 14.7 ) Pub Date : 2023-10-07 , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41997-x Jun Qi 1 , Yadong Du 1 , Qi Yang 1 , Na Jiang 1 , Jiachun Li 1 , Yi Ma 1 , Yangjun Ma 1 , Xin Zhao 1 , Jieshan Qiu 1
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis through oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is drawing worldwide attention, whereas suffering seriously from the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and the difficult extraction of thermodynamically unstable H2O2. Herein, we present an electrosynthesis protocol involving coupling ORR-to-H2O2 with waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) upcycling and the first H2O2 conversion strategy. Ni-Mn bimetal- and onion carbon-based catalysts are designed to catalyze ORR-to-H2O2 and ethylene glycol electrooxidation with the Faradaic efficiency of 97.5% (H2O2) and 93.0% (formate). This electrolysis system runs successfully at only 0.927 V to achieve an industrial-scale current density of 400 mA cm−2, surpassing all reported H2O2 electrosynthesis systems. H2O2 product is upgraded through two downstream routes of converting H2O2 into sodium perborate and dibenzoyl peroxide. Techno-economic evolution highlights the high gross profit of the ORR || PET upcycling protocol over HER || PET upcycling and ORR || OER. This work provides an energy-saving methodology for the electrosynthesis of H2O2 and other chemicals.
中文翻译:
通过电化学配对和产品工程实现节能和产品导向的过氧化氢电合成
通过氧还原反应(ORR)电合成过氧化氢(H 2 O 2 )引起了全世界的关注,但其严重受制于析氧反应(OER)缓慢和热力学不稳定的H 2 O 2的提取困难。在此,我们提出了一种电合成方案,涉及将 ORR-to-H 2 O 2与废聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯 (PET) 升级循环和第一个 H 2 O 2转化策略偶联。 Ni-Mn双金属和洋葱碳基催化剂设计用于催化ORR-to-H 2 O 2和乙二醇电氧化,法拉第效率为97.5%(H 2 O 2 )和93.0%(甲酸盐)。该电解系统仅在0.927 V的电压下成功运行,实现了400 mA cm -2的工业规模电流密度,超过了所有报道的H 2 O 2电合成系统。 H 2 O 2产品通过两条下游路线将H 2 O 2转化为过硼酸钠和过氧化二苯甲酰进行升级。技术经济演变凸显 ORR 的高毛利润 || HER 上的 PET 升级回收协议 || PET 升级回收和 ORR ||开放教育资源。这项工作为H 2 O 2和其他化学品的电合成提供了一种节能方法。