{"title":"Sustainable H2O2 Production via 2e– ORR on Alkalinized Tubular C3N4 from Melamine Waste Integrating with Fenton Wastewater Treatment","authors":"Hongyu Song, Huijing Ma, Haifei Wang, Yichan Wen, Chengcheng Cai, Jiyi Sun, Xufang Qian* and Yixin Zhao*, ","doi":"10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00228","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p >The utilization of waste resources stands as a sustainable approach for circular strategy. Herein, we report an alkalinized tubular carbon nitride (A-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>-T) catalyst derived from melamine waste, addressing waste utilization while exhibiting remarkable 2e<sup>–</sup> ORR activity. Density functional theory calculations reveal its tailored electronic structure optimizes *OOH intermediate adsorption, promoting the 2e<sup>–</sup> ORR pathway. The catalyst delivers a high H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> productivity of 26.2 mol g<sup>–1</sup> h<sup>–1</sup> under 300 mA cm<sup>–2</sup> and maintains operational stability for over 220 h. The tandem of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> electrosynthesis and Fenton reactor was used for water treatment. This study elucidates the 2e<sup>–</sup> ORR mechanism of melamine-waste-derived C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> and offers a sustainable strategy for H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> electrosynthesis and its integration into advanced oxidation processes, providing a future vision of oxidant self-supporting decentralized electrosynthesis/waste water treatment integration system.</p>","PeriodicalId":100015,"journal":{"name":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","volume":"2 8","pages":"1476–1485"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Sustainable Resource Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00228","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The utilization of waste resources stands as a sustainable approach for circular strategy. Herein, we report an alkalinized tubular carbon nitride (A-C3N4-T) catalyst derived from melamine waste, addressing waste utilization while exhibiting remarkable 2e– ORR activity. Density functional theory calculations reveal its tailored electronic structure optimizes *OOH intermediate adsorption, promoting the 2e– ORR pathway. The catalyst delivers a high H2O2 productivity of 26.2 mol g–1 h–1 under 300 mA cm–2 and maintains operational stability for over 220 h. The tandem of H2O2 electrosynthesis and Fenton reactor was used for water treatment. This study elucidates the 2e– ORR mechanism of melamine-waste-derived C3N4 and offers a sustainable strategy for H2O2 electrosynthesis and its integration into advanced oxidation processes, providing a future vision of oxidant self-supporting decentralized electrosynthesis/waste water treatment integration system.