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Hydrogen peroxide was produced as a solar fuel from water and dioxygen using solar energy by combination of a water oxidation catalyst and a photocatalyst for two-electron reduction of O2 in acidic aqueous solutions. Photocatalytic production of H2O2 occurred under photoirradiation of [RuII(Me2phen)3]2+ (Me2phen = 4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) used as a photocatalyst with visible light in the presence of Ir(OH)3 acting as a water oxidation catalyst in an O2-saturated H2SO4 aqueous solution. Photoinduced electron transfer from the excited state of [RuII(Me2phen)3]2+ to O2 results in the formation of [RuIII(Me2phen)3]3+ and a superoxide radical anion (O2˙−) which is protonated to produce H2O2via disproportionation of HO2˙ in competition with back electron transfer (BET) from O2˙− to [RuIII(Me2phen)3]3+. [RuIII(Me2phen)3]3+ oxidises water with the aid of catalysis of Ir(OH)3 to produce O2. The photocatalytic reactivity of H2O2 production was improved by replacing Ir(OH)3 nanoparticles by [CoIII(Cp*)(bpy)(H2O)]2+ in the presence of Sc(NO3)3 in water. The optimised quantum yield of the photocatalytic H2O2 production at λ = 450 nm was determined using a ferrioxalate actinometer to be 37%. The value of conversion efficiency from solar energy to chemical energy was also determined to be 0.25%.

Production of hydrogen peroxide as a sustainable solar fuel from water and dioxygen