ZnO As an Active and Selective Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide

Kelly, Sara R.; Shi, Xinjian; Back, Seoin; Vallez, Lauren; Park, So Yeon; Siahrostami, Samira; Zheng, Xiaolin; Nørskov, Jens K.

doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b04873

Title: ZnO As an Active and Selective Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide

Journal Article · Thu Apr 11 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · ACS Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b04873· OSTI ID:1529320

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Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon (Republic of Korea)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States); Univ. of Calgary, AB (Canada)
Stanford Univ., CA (United States) ; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)

Electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) via two-electron water oxidation reaction (2e-WOR) is an ideal process for delocalized production for water cleaning and other applications. Previously observed water oxidation catalysts have limited activity and selectivity, imposing a bottleneck for broad adoption of this technology. We determine ZnO as a new stable, nontoxic, active, and selective catalyst for 2e-WOR to generate H₂O₂. Using density functional theory calculations, we propose that the (1010) facet of ZnO is an effective catalyst for 2e-WOR and confirm the prediction experimentally. We synthesize ZnO nanoparticles with a high fraction of (1010) facets and find that this catalyst gives an overpotential of 40 mV at 0.1 mA/cm² and peak Faradaic efficiency of 81% toward H₂O₂ evolution.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0008685

OSTI ID:: 1529320

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Vol. 9, Issue 5; ISSN 2155-5435

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