Palladium and transition metal based catalysts for hydrogen peroxide synthesis and electrocatalytic applications

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was first discovered in 1818 by Louis-Jacques Thernard1 and it was first synthesized by the hydrolysis of barium peroxide with sulfuric acid. Since its discovery, H2O2 is one of the most important chemical widely used in industrial application and for environmental remediation. It is the most promising environment friendly and chlorine free oxidizing agent as its byproduct is only water and therefore extensively used in many large-scale practical applications such as pulp and paper bleaching technologies, textile industries, detergent applications, waste water treatment, electronics industries, medical applications and many other chemical oxidation reactions (Figure 1.1).2