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  • Interface Science
  • Catalysis
  • Physical Chemistry

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  • Contact-electrification at water-solid interfaces is increasingly studied.
  • Electron transfers during contact-electrification can drive chemical reactions, a process termed contact-electro-catalysis (CEC).
  • Chemically inert fluorinated polymers can function as single electrode electrochemical systems via CEC.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation from air and deionized water using ultrasound-driven CEC with fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP).
  • To investigate the mechanism of H2O2 formation and radical propagation in solution.

Main Methods:

  • Ultrasound-driven contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) using FEP as a catalyst.
  • Kinetic rate measurements for H2O2 evolution.
  • Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to detect emitted electrons and radicals.
  • Isotope labeling experiments to elucidate H2O2 formation pathways.
  • Ab-initio molecular dynamic calculations to model radical reactions.

Main Results:

  • H2O2 is generated from air and deionized water using FEP catalyst under ultrasound.
  • High kinetic rates of H2O2 evolution were achieved (58.87 mmol L−1 gcat−1 h−1 at 20°C).
  • EPR confirmed electron emission into solution by FEP and identified hydroxyl radicals (HO•) and superoxide radicals (O2•−).
  • Ab-initio molecular dynamics revealed radical reactions occur via proton and electron exchange through water's hydrogen bond network (Grotthuss mechanism), challenging the traditional Brownian diffusion model.

Conclusions:

  • Ultrasound-driven CEC using FEP effectively generates H2O2 from air and water.
  • The Grotthuss mechanism, rather than Brownian diffusion, likely governs radical reactions in solution for H2O2 formation.
  • This CEC mechanism offers a novel pathway for H2O2 generation and may be relevant in other natural and artificial systems.