Organic semiconductor perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) electrodes for electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen to hydrogen peroxide

Warczak, Magdalena; Gryszel, Maciej; Jakešová, Marie; Đerek, Vedran; Głowacki, Eric Daniel (2018) Organic semiconductor perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) electrodes for electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen to hydrogen peroxide. Chemical communications, 54 . pp. 1960-1963. ISSN 1359-7345

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Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the most important industrial chemicals and there is great demand for the production of H2O2 using more sustainable and environmentally benign methods. We show electrochemical production of H2O2 by the reduction of oxygen, enabled by an organic semiconductor catalyst, N, N′-dimethyl perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI). We make PTCDI cathodes that are capable of stable and reusable operation in aqueous electrolytes in a pH range of 1–13 with a catalytic figure of merit as high as 26 kg H2O2 per g catalyst per h. These performance and stability open new avenues for organic small molecule semiconductors as electrocatalysts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	hydrogen peroxide, oxygen reduction, catalysis, electrochemistry, perylenetetracarboxylic diimide
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
Divisions:	Division of Materials Physics
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Hibriridne silicijske nanstrukture za senzorik-NANOSENS Mile Ivanda IP-2014-09-7046 HRZZ
Depositing User:	Vedran Đerek
Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2018 13:39
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/4071
DOI:	10.1039/C7CC08471D

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