Defect engineering in cellulose for piezocatalytic generation of hydrogen peroxide under ambient conditions

Yanfeng Wang1,2, Yao Wang2, Jiaxin Li2

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Safety, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang 310058, China. kyang@zju.edu.cn.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|November 20, 2025
PubMed

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