A team led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has demonstrated a more efficient and environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. Currently, producing hydrogen peroxide requires a complicated, multi-step process and large facilities. The researchers found that a catalyst with a ratio of one palladium to 220 gold atoms generates almost 100% hydrogen peroxide. The scientists are now using these results to pursue the development of nanoparticle catalysts with new compositions and reactors to enable hybrid chemical-electrochemical methods for the production of hydrogen peroxide.
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