Proposal of Simultaneous Production Method of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Peroxide From Water Using Solar Photo-Electrochemistry

Authors have proposed a new hydrogen production system that simultaneously synthesizes hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from water by electrochemical reaction. Experimental apparatus of this system is composed of a hydrogen electrode with platinum mesh, a hydrogen peroxide electrode with carbon material and an electrolyte with Nafion®. In this paper, the superiority of this system is outlined. In addition, the experimental results of electrolytic synthesis of hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from water are reported. Furthermore, the possibility of the system that synthesizes hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from water by the photochemical reaction using solar radiation is also discussed.