Improving the performance of Pd based catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via acid incorporation during catalyst synthesis

Lewis, Richard J., Ntainjua, Edwin N., Morgan, David J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6571-5731, Davies, Thomas E., Carley, Albert F., Freakley, Simon J. and Hutchings, Graham J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-1560 2021. Improving the performance of Pd based catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via acid incorporation during catalyst synthesis. Catalysis Communications 161 , 106358. 10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106358

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Abstract

The direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from molecular H2 and O2 offers an attractive alternative to the current means of production of this powerful oxidant, on an industrial scale. Herein we investigate the role of nitric acid addition, during catalyst preparation as a means of improving catalytic performance, under reaction conditions that have previously been found to be optimal for H2O2 production. The addition of dilute nitric acid during catalyst preparation is found to lead to a significant improvement in H2O2 synthesis activity, through the modification of particle size and control of Pd oxidation state.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1566-7367
Funders:	EPSRC National Facility for XPS (�HarwellXPS�)
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 October 2021
Date of Acceptance:	26 September 2021
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2023 18:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/144737

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