Inventors:
Mark E. Thompson - Los Angeles CA
Venkatesan V. Krishnan - Los Angeles CA
Alexandre G. Dokoutchaev - Los Angeles CA
Feras Abdel-Razzaq - Los Angeles CA
Shannon C. Rice - Los Angeles CA
Assignee:
University of Southern California - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
B01J 3118, C01B 1501
Abstract:
A method for the production of hydrogen peroxide from a source of hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a dispersion of a catalyst in an organic reaction medium, the catalyst being composed of inert particles of between 1 and 100 microns, the particles having coated thereon about three to ten layers of a zirconium or hafnium complex, the organic reaction medium having a pH of less than about 3 and composed of at least 50% of a lower alkyl alcohol, a lower alkyl ketone or a mixture thereof, water and a mineral acid.