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ArticleNature chemistry2025

Electrifying industrial hydrogen peroxide production via soft interfacial molecular mediation.

Dawei Xi, Yuheng Wu, Yuli Li, Zifei Yan, Richard Y Liu, Michael J Aziz

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Dawei Xi *Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA. daweixi@fas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5412-3474
Yuheng Wu *Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Yuli LiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-137X
Zifei YanHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-7139
Richard Y LiuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-6487
Michael J AzizHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA. maziz@harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9657-9456

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Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide is manufactured industrially via the anthraquinone autoxidation process-a typical thermocatalytic non-aqueous method. Despite a high interest in using renewable electricity to drive such processes, electrifying non-aqueous syntheses remains a substantial challenge. Here we present a multi-phase electrochemical anthraquinone autoxidation process that leverages an aqueous-non-aqueous interfacial proton-coupled electron transfer method facilitated by heterogeneous molecular mediation. This design enables the reduction of aqueous anthraquinones with high efficiency at high current densities, using only carbon electrodes. The method operates with high selectivity through a quinhydrone intermediate and prevents the over-reduction of aromatics during thermocatalytic hydrogenation. This approach combines the benefits of aqueous electrochemistry with those of the traditional non-aqueous process to achieve high current density electrochemistry with rapid kinetics and mass transport, while avoiding unwanted electrolyte in the hydrogen peroxide product. This strategy bridges aqueous electrochemistry with non-aqueous chemistry and establishes a framework for the electrification and decentralization of other non-aqueous chemical processes.

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