Adsorbed Oxygen‐Induced d‐p Orbital Hybridization for Piezocatalytic H 2 O 2 Production, Antibiotic Degradation and Detoxification
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT Developing efficient water purification technologies without external chemical inputs is critical for treating emerging contaminants. Herein, we report a Cu 2 WS 4 ‐CoPc composite piezocatalyst that enables efficient in situ H 2 O 2 production and pollutant degradation via enhanced oxygen activation. The introduction of CoPc induces interfacial electron transfer from Cu 2 WS 4 to CoPc and promotes O 2 activation through d‐p orbital hybridization between Co and O 2 , as confirmed by density functional theory calculations showing a decrease in O 2 adsorption energy from +1.2 to −0.3 eV. Consequently, the composite exhibits significantly enhanced piezoelectric response, with increased piezoelectric constant and effective longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient. The optimized Cu 2 WS 4 ‐CoPc generates H 2 O 2 via a two‐electron oxygen reduction pathway, with superoxide radicals (·O 2 − ) as the key intermediate, achieving a yield of 183.4 µM within 30 min, which far exceeds that of pristine Cu 2 WS 4 . Moreover, the catalyst degrades ciprofloxacin with a rate constant of 0.059 min −1 , approximately 4.5 times higher than pure Cu 2 WS 4 , and zebrafish toxicity assays confirm effective detoxification of degradation intermediates. This study provides a new strategy for enhancing piezocatalytic H 2 O 2 synthesis through strengthened oxygen activation and lays a theoretical foundation for designing efficient, environmentally benign water treatment technologies.
Source: Small
DOI: 10.1002/smll.75283
Authors: Runren Jiang, Hanqi Yue, Yuyue Liu, Yilin Deng
Institutions: Hohai University, Suzhou Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G3536213983, G7962545031
OpenAlex ID: W7203825801