Scalable and Customizable Single‐Atom Coatings for pH‐Universal H <sub>2</sub> O <sub>2</sub> Electrosynthesis

Achieving scalable fabrication of robust and uniform single-atom catalyst-based gas-diffusion electrodes (SAC-GDEs) remains challenging. Here, a universal one-step soot-deposition route was developed to convert various metal-containing paraffins into conformal single-atom catalyst (SAC) coatings on diverse electrodes (1D fibers, 2D plates, and 3D foams). The process provides multiscale control, from precursor-defined molecular coordination to micropore wettability and macroscopic geometry, to collectively engineer hierarchical coating films that couple intensified mass transfer and high intrinsic catalytic activity for efficient H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> electrosynthesis. As a device-level demonstration, Pd-SAC-GDE delivers pH-universal H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production under an industrial-level current (500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>) for 100 h, achieving a record-high H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> yield of 16.9 mol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>. A tip-enhanced mechanism was proposed based on constant-potential calculations. The results reveal that the curvature-enhanced localized electric field promotes O<sub>2</sub> polarization and activation at the Pd-O<sub>3</sub> sites, thereby facilitating both <sup>*</sup>OOH generation and adsorption and ultimately leading to highly selective H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production. This facile, broadly applicable fabrication strategy significantly advances the scalable manufacture of SAC-coated GDEs for environmental and sustainable catalysis.

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Advanced Materials
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2026-02-27
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202521237
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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
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Achieving scalable fabrication of robust and uniform single-atom catalyst-based gas-diffusion electrodes (SAC-GDEs) remains challenging. Here, a universal one-step soot-deposition route was developed to convert various metal-containing paraffins into conformal single-atom catalyst (SAC) coatings on diverse electrodes (1D fibers, 2D plates, and 3D foams). The process provides multiscale control, from precursor-defined molecular coordination to micropore wettability and macroscopic geometry, to collectively engineer hierarchical coating films that couple intensified mass transfer and high intrinsic catalytic activity for efficient H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> electrosynthesis. As a device-level demonstration, Pd-SAC-GDE delivers pH-universal H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production under an industrial-level current (500 mA cm<sup>-2</sup>) for 100 h, achieving a record-high H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> yield of 16.9 mol g<sup>-1</sup> h<sup>-1</sup>. A tip-enhanced mechanism was proposed based on constant-potential calculations. The results reveal that the curvature-enhanced localized electric field promotes O<sub>2</sub> polarization and activation at the Pd-O<sub>3</sub> sites, thereby facilitating both <sup>*</sup>OOH generation and adsorption and ultimately leading to highly selective H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production. This facile, broadly applicable fabrication strategy significantly advances the scalable manufacture of SAC-coated GDEs for environmental and sustainable catalysis.

Advanced MaterialsVol. 38(18)
Zhejiang Normal University (CN), University of Puerto Rico System (PR), The University of Adelaide (AU)
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