{"id":226382,"date":"2025-12-03T00:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/sunlight-water-and-air-power-a-cleaner-method-for-making-hydrogen-peroxide"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:39:32","slug":"sunlight-water-and-air-power-a-cleaner-method-for-making-hydrogen-peroxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/sunlight-water-and-air-power-a-cleaner-method-for-making-hydrogen-peroxide","title":{"rendered":"Sunlight, water and air power a cleaner method for making hydrogen peroxide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/sunlight-water-and-air-power-a-cleaner-method-for-making-hydrogen-peroxide.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cornell scientists have discovered a potentially transformative approach to manufacturing one of the world\u2019s most widely used chemicals\u2014hydrogen peroxide\u2014using nothing more than sunlight, water and air. The research is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-66679-8\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, hydrogen peroxide is made through the anthraquinone process, which relies on fossil fuels, produces chemical waste and requires transport of concentrated peroxide\u2014all of which have safety and environmental concerns,\u201d said Alireza Abbaspourrad, associate professor of Food Chemistry and Ingredient Technology in the Department of Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and corresponding author of the research.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrogen peroxide is ubiquitous in both industrial and consumer settings: It bleaches paper, treats wastewater, disinfects wounds and household surfaces, and plays a key role in electronics manufacturing. Global production runs into the millions of tons each year. Yet today\u2019s process depends almost entirely on a complex method involving hazardous intermediates and large-scale central chemical plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornell scientists have discovered a potentially transformative approach to manufacturing one of the world\u2019s most widely used chemicals\u2014hydrogen peroxide\u2014using nothing more than sunlight, water and air. The research is published in the journal Nature Communications. \u201cCurrently, hydrogen peroxide is made through the anthraquinone process, which relies on fossil fuels, produces chemical waste and requires transport [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}