Light-activated catalyst makes hydrogen peroxide production more efficient
In short
- Hydrogen peroxide is usually made with an energy-intensive process that has a large environmental footprint.
- A light-activated catalyst made of carbon nitride offers a cleaner route.
- The team reports the catalyst is three times as efficient as conventional green production methods.
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Hydrogen peroxide is used in many industries, and most of it is made through an energy-intensive process. The new catalyst controls the arrangement of ions in carbon nitride, which the researchers say makes it three times as efficient as conventional green methods. The work is a laboratory result published in a research journal, so its path to factories is still ahead.
From Phys.org
Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is a versatile chemical feedstock whose industrial production relies predominantly on an energy-intensive process with a substantial environmental footprint. One alternative is to produce it using a catalyst activated by light. In an international research project involving the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, researchers have now developed a synthesis strategy that allows them to precisely control the spatial arrangement of ions in a carbon nitride. The resulting photocatalyst is three times as efficient as conventional green production methods....
