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Photocatalytic Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Molecular Oxygen and Water

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Hydrogen peroxide is a powerful and green oxidant that allows for the oxidation of a wide span of organic and inorganic substrates in liquid media under mild reaction conditions, and forms only molecular water and oxygen as end products. Hydrogen peroxide is therefore used in a wide range of applications, for which the well-documented and established anthraquinone autoxidation process is by far the dominating production method at the industrial scale. As this method is highly energy consuming and environmentally costly, the search for more sustainable synthesis methods is of high interest. To this end, the article reviews the basis and the recent development of the photocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. Different oxygen reduction and water oxidation mechanisms are discussed, as well as several kinetic models, and the influence of the main key reaction parameters is itemized. A large range of photocatalytic materials is reviewed, with emphasis on titania-based photocatalysts and on high-prospect graphitic carbon nitride-based systems that take advantage of advanced bulk and surface synthetic approaches. Strategies for enhancing the performances of solar-driven photocatalysts are reported, and the search for new, alternative, photocatalytic materials is detailed. Finally, the promise of in situ photocatalytic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide for water treatment and organic synthesis is described, as well as its coupling with enzymes and the direct in situ synthesis of other technical peroxides.

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The MOPGA program is acknowledged for funding the fellowship of Laura Valenzuela.

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Conceptualization of the review: PG-M, NK; literature search: LV, PG-M, DW, TS, GEL, NK; data analysis: LV, PG-M, GEL, JZB, NK; writing—original draft preparation: LV, PG-M, DW, TS, GEL, AMR, HR, JZB, NK; critical revision of the work: LV, PG-M, AMR, HR, JZB, NK; funding acquisition: JB, HR, LV, NK; supervision: NK. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Garcia-Munoz, P., Valenzuela, L., Wegstein, D. et al. Photocatalytic Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Molecular Oxygen and Water. Top Curr Chem (Z) 381, 15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-023-00423-y

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