Photoelectrochemical Solar-to-H2O2 Conversion
Jong Hyeok Park a
a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2023 Conference (MATSUSFall23)
#MATSF - Advanced materials for the production of direct solar-driven fuels and chemicals
Torremolinos, Spain, 2023 October 16th - 20th
Organizers: Salvador Eslava and Sixto Gimenez Julia
Invited Speaker, Jong Hyeok Park, presentation 154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2023.154
Publication date: 18th July 2023

Millions of families around the world remain vulnerable to water scarcity and have no access to drinking water. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are an effective way towards water purification with qualified reactive oxygen species (ROSs) while are impeded by the high-cost and tedious process in either input of consumable reagent, production of ROS, and the pre-treatment of supporting electrolyte. Herein, we couple solar light-assisted H2O2 production from water and photo-Fenton-like reactions into a self-cyclable system by using artificial leaf, achieving an unassisted H2O2 production rate of 0.77 μmol/(min·cm2) under 1 Sun AM 1.5 illumination. Furthermore, a large (70 cm2) artificial leaf was used for an unassisted solar-driven bicarbonate-activated hydrogen peroxide (BAP) system with recycled catalysts for real-time wastewater purification with requirements for only water, oxygen and sunlight. This demonstration highlights the feasibility and scalability of photoelectrochemical technology for decentralized environmental governance applications from laboratory benchtops to industry.

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