Frustrated Lewis Pairs Boosting Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide on Bi‐TiO <sub>2−x</sub> Nanocatalysts
Abstract Electrocatalytic two‐electron oxygen reduction (2e − ORR) offers an environmentally friendly route for H 2 O 2 production, yet faces challenges in O 2 activation and *OOH intermediate stabilization. Here, Bi‐TiO 2−x nanocatalysts are introduced featuring frustrated Lewis acid‐base pairs (FLPs) active sites, where the Bi single atoms with electron‐deficient characteristics serve as Lewis acidic (LA) sites and the O atoms surrounding the oxygen vacancy (O V ) act as Lewis basic (LB) sites. The Bi‐TiO 2−x catalyst exhibits high H 2 O 2 selectivity up to 96.5%. Furthermore, in a flowing electrolytic cell, the H 2 O 2 selectivity reaches 93.9% with a yield of 1.56 mol g catalyst −1 h −1 at −50 mA cm −2 and is able to maintain a stable reaction for 54 h. Theoretical calculations and in situ spectroscopic analyses indicate that the FLPs structure can effectively promote the dissociation of H 2 O and the activation of O 2 during the reaction, provide protons for the subsequent reaction, and facilitate the formation of *OOH intermediates. The coupling system of 2e − ORR with ethylene glycol oxidation significantly improves the selectivity of H 2 O 2 to 98.9% and the yield to 3.02 mol g catalyst −1 h −1 , meanwhile, the anode simultaneously produces formic acid as a co‐product, which improves the utilization of system resources.
Authors
- Chunzhong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7897-5850)
- Jianhua Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-6972)
- Yihua Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-5409)
- Lin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3197-8074)
- Xiaoling Yang
- Haibo Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-4669)
Institutions
- East China University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2025-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202504833
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.14
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities