Metallic Pt and PtOx dual-cocatalyst-loaded WO3 for photocatalytic production of peroxydisulfate and hydrogen peroxide

Photocatalytic production of green oxidation reagents as an economical and environmental-friendly process is a promising strategy to replace the traditional production processes. In the present study, a series of 1.0 wt% Pt/WO 3 photocatalysts with different surface chemical states of Pt were successfully fabricated. The different surface metallic Pt (Pt 0 ) and oxidized Pt (PtO x ) ratios on WO 3 showed significant effects on the photocatalytic activities for strong oxidants of peroxydisulfate ( \( {\text{S}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}_{8}^{2 - } \) ) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) formations. It is proposed that surface Pt 0 and PtO x functioned as reduction site for O 2 reduction to H 2 O and oxidation site for H 2 O oxidation to H 2 O 2 , respectively, during the photocatalytic process. As a result, a higher surface composition of Pt 0 prepared using photodeposition (PD) method led to the formation of higher amount of \( {\text{S}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}_{8}^{2 - } \) . On the other hand, PtO x -loaded WO 3 using impregnation (IM) method showed significant formations of \( {\text{S}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}_{8}^{2 - } \) and H 2 O 2 simultaneously. This work provided a new idea for the design of noble metal Pt-supported WO 3 for efficiently photocatalytic generation of \( {\text{S}}_{ 2} {\text{O}}_{8}^{2 - } \) and H 2 O 2 .