H2O2 in CO2: Sustainable Production and Green Reactions

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide is a “green” oxidant whose relatively high cost has prevented it from being applied to commodity chemical processing. Interestingly, those attributes of the current H₂O₂ process that contribute to the high cost also contribute to its nonsustainable features. We have consequently explored the generation of hydrogen peroxide both by the AQ route and directly from hydrogen and oxygen using liquid CO₂ as the solvent, because CO₂ provides some unique advantages to H₂O₂ synthesis.