Hydrogen peroxide is used as a disinfectant, after dilution in water, to treat wounds. It is widely used across the industry as an eco-friendly oxidizing agent for impurity removal from semiconductors ...

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a versatile chemical with critical applications in sterilization, wastewater treatment, and chemical synthesis, is conventionally produced via the anthraquinone process.

The question of whether water can form hydrogen peroxide should be answered by thermodynamics (see C&EN, June 13, 2022, page 3). If a reaction is possible (spontaneous), then the change in the Gibbs ...