Production and characterization of metal-graphene or graphene oxide nanocomposites for the electrocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide: Application to the degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes

• Grant number: 19/04421-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): October 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Roberto de Vasconcelos Lanza
• Grantee: Guilherme Vilalba Fortunato
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/10118-0 - Study and application of electrochemical technology for the analysis and degradation of endocrine interferents: materials, sensors, processes and scientific dissemination, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/14194-8 - Production and characterization of metal-graphene or graphene oxide nanocomposites for the electrocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide: application to the degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plays a critical role in a huge range of industrial, commercial, and domestic applications, including waste water treatment. Concerning water treatment, technologies based on the in situ electrochemical H2O2 production via the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) represent a clever and ecologically more adequate way to deal with this environmental issue. The treatment is based on the possibility of H2O2 generating highly reactive hydroxyl radicals that will act in the oxidative degradation of organic chemicals such as pesticides and other agents considered as contaminants that promote changes in the human endocrine system and in hormones, namely endocrine disruptors (EDs). However, an obstacle to be faced in the electrochemical production of H2O2 via ORR is the development of efficient catalyst materials that selectively reduce O2 to H2O2. An ideal selective catalyst for ORR toward H2O2 production must have an interaction with O2 sufficiently strong so that the reaction can occur on the catalyst surface without being able to break the intermolecular O=O bond, and without the need of overpotentials. The catalyst performance strongly influences the total cost of electrochemical technology. Despite the recent advances made by the scientific community, the industrial and commercial feasibility to produce H2O2 electrochemically still requires the development of catalysts that demonstrate high selectivity, activity, stability and economic viability. In this sense, this research project has as objective the development of nanocomposite materials of the type metal/carbonic support to act as efficient catalysts for the electrocatalytic production of H2O2 through the ORR and, later, to apply the new materials in electrochemical (and associated) processes for the degradation of EDs.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FORTUNATO, V, GUILHERME; PIZZUTILO, ENRICO; CARDOSO, EDUARDO S. F.; LANZA, V, MARCOS R.; KATSOUNAROS, IOANNIS; FREAKLEY, SIMON J.; MAYRHOFER, KARL J. J.; MAIA, GILBERTO; LEDENDECKER, MARC. The oxygen reduction reaction on palladium with low metal loadings: The effects of chlorides on the stability and activity towards hydrogen peroxide. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, v. 389, p. 400-408, SEP 2020. (19/04421-7, 17/10118-0)

DOS SANTOS, ALEXSANDRO J.; KRONKA, MATHEUS S.; FORTUNATO, V, GUILHERME; LANZA, V, MARCOS R.. Recent advances in electrochemical water technologies for the treatment of antibiotics: A short review. CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY, v. 26, APR 2021. (19/04421-7, 17/10118-0, 14/50945-4, 19/20634-0, 17/23464-3)

CARDOSO, EDUARDO S. F.; FORTUNATO, GUILHERME V.; PALM, IRIS; KIBENA-POLDSEPP, ELO; GRECO, ANDERSON S.; JUNIOR, JORGE L. R.; KIKAS, ARVO; MERISALU, MAIDO; KISAND, VAMBOLA; SAMMELSELG, VAINO; et al. Effects of N and O groups for oxygen reduction reaction on one- and two-dimensional carbonaceous materials. Electrochimica Acta, v. 344, JUN 1 2020. (19/04421-7, 17/10118-0)

FORTUNATO, V, GUILHERME; KRONKA, MATHEUS S.; DOS SANTOS, ALEXSANDRO J.; LEDENDECKER, MARC; LANZA, V, MARCOS R.. Low Pd loadings onto Printex L6: Synthesis, characterization and performance towards H2O2 generation for electrochemical water treatment technologies. Chemosphere, v. 259, NOV 2020. (14/50945-4, 17/10118-0, 19/04421-7, 17/23464-3, 19/20634-0)

SOUZA, ALAN S.; BEZERRA, LETICIA S.; CARDOSO, EDUARDO S. F.; FORTUNATO, GUILHERME V.; MAIA, GILBERTO. Nickel pyrophosphate combined with graphene nanoribbon used as efficient catalyst for OER. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, v. 9, n. 18, p. 11255-11267, MAY 14 2021. (19/04421-7)

DA COSTA, ALINE J. M.; KRONKA, MATHEUS S.; CORDEIRO-JUNIOR, PAULO J. M.; FORTUNATO, GUILHERME V.; DOS SANTOS, ALEXSANDRO J.; LANZA, MARCOS R. V.. Treatment of Tebuthiuron in synthetic and real wastewater using electrochemical flow-by reactor. JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 882, FEB 1 2021. (16/25831-0, 17/23464-3, 19/04421-7, 16/19612-4, 17/10118-0, 19/20634-0, 14/50945-4)

RODRIGUES DE SOUZA, MARCIELLI KAROLINE; FREITAS CARDOSO, EDUARDO DOS SANTOS; FORTUNATO, V, GUILHERME; LANZA, V, MARCOS R.; NAZARIO, CARLOS EDUARDO; BOLDRIN ZANONI, MARIA VALNICE; MAIA, GILBERTO; CARDOSO, JULIANO CARVALHO. Combination of Cu-Pt-Pd nanoparticles supported on graphene nanoribbons decorating the surface of TiO2 nanotube applied for CO2 photoelectrochemical reduction. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 9, n. 4, AUG 2021. (19/04421-7, 17/10118-0, 15/18109-4)

DOS SANTOS, ALEXSANDRO J.; FORTUNATO, V, GUILHERME; KRONKA, MATHEUS S.; VERNASQUI, LAIS G.; FERREIRA, NEIDENEI G.; LANZA, V, MARCOS R.. Electrochemical oxidation of ciprofloxacin in different aqueous matrices using synthesized boron-doped micro and nano-diamond anodes. Environmental Research, v. 204, n. A, MAR 2022. (17/10118-0, 19/20634-0, 14/50945-4, 19/04421-7, 17/23464-3, 19/00592-1)