Supercritical CO <sub>2</sub> ‐Modulated Surface Amorphization and O <sub>V</sub> Defect in CaSnO <sub>3</sub> for High‐Efficiency Electrocatalytic H <sub>2</sub> O <sub>2</sub> Production
ABSTRACT The electrochemical two electron water oxidation reaction (2e‐WOR) offers a promising route for hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) production, but its efficiency is limited by the lack of high performance electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO 2 ) modulation strategy to synergistically engineer surface amorphization and oxygen vacancy (O V ) defects in orthorhombic CaSnO 3 . Under an optimal SC CO 2 pressure of 16 MPa, the treated CaSnO 3 exhibits a partially amorphized surface, abundant O V , and concomitant Sn 3+ defects. These features collectively increase unsaturated coordination sites, accelerate interfacial charge transfer, and lower the reaction overpotential. Consequently, the optimal catalyst achieves a H 2 O 2 production rate of 26.6 µmol cm− 2 min −1 , a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 82% at 2.9 V versus RHE, and a cumulative yield over 300 min approximately eight times that of pristine CaSnO 3 , with stable operation for 24 h. This work demonstrates that SC CO 2 treatment is an effective tool to construct defect coupled surface amorphous regions, providing a new paradigm for designing high ‐ performance 2e‐WOR electrocatalysts for green H 2 O 2 synthesis.
Authors
- Qun Jie Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2264-0266)
- Buxing Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0440-809X)
- Lei Xu
- Ruisi Tao
Institutions
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Institute of Physics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.7663698
- Primary Topic
- Advanced oxidation water treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China