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May 9, 2026Angewandte Chemie International Edition0 citations

Electron Transfer‐Proton Supply Decoupling at Functionalized Polymer Interfaces Enables Efficient Air‐Fed H 2 O 2 Electrosynthesis

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YLY LiuJXJing XuYLYang Lou

Key Points

  • This research aims to enhance the efficiency of H2O2 production via air-fed electrochemical processes by decoupling electron transfer from proton supply.
  • Developed a bifunctional covalent organic polymer interface, QSPIP-TMC@CB, incorporating carbonyl and quaternary ammonium units.
  • Evaluated H2O2 production rate and Faradaic efficiency under air conditions.
  • Assessed the stability of the system under sustained operation at 100.0 mA·cm−2 for 35.0 hours.
  • Achieved H2O2 production rate of 3410.1 mmol·h−1·g−1 with 91.4% Faradaic efficiency under air.
  • Maintained stable operation at 100.0 mA·cm−2 for a duration of 35 hours.
  • Enabled gram-scale H2O2 production of 4.8 g h−1 within 5 minutes at 5.0 A.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Air‐fed electrochemical H 2 O 2 production via the two‐electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e − ORR) offers a sustainable alternative to conventional processes, yet its efficiency is fundamentally constrained by low O 2 availability and intrinsically coupled electron‐proton transfer. Here, we construct a bifunctional covalent organic polymer interface integrating carbonyl electron‐relay units and quaternary ammonium cationic motifs on commercial carbon black (QSPIP‐TMC@CB), enabling efficient H 2 O 2 electrosynthesis directly from air. The QSPIP‐TMC@CB delivers a H 2 O 2 production rate of 3410.1 mmol·h −1 ·g −1 with 91.4% H 2 O 2 Faradaic efficiency (FE H2O2 ) under air, and sustains stable operation at 100.0 mA·cm −2 for 35.0 h. Mechanistically, carbonyl motifs function as reversible redox mediators that facilitate electron injection into O 2 , while quaternary ammonium cations enrich interfacial O 2 and regulate proton accessibility via Donnan repulsion, suppressing excessive protonation of the *OOH intermediate and preventing O─O bond cleavage. This cooperative regulation decouples electron transfer from proton supply, thereby stabilizing the 2e − pathway under O 2 ‐lean conditions. The strategy is readily extendable to representative ORR catalysts (Co─N─C and ZnO) and enables gram‐scale H 2 O 2 production (4.8 g h −1 at 5.0 A, 1.0 wt% within 5 min), establishing functionalized‐interface electron‐proton decoupling as a general and scalable design paradigm for air‐fed H 2 O 2 electrosynthesis.

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Liu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fed03cb9154b0b82877439https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.3259811
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