scholarly journals Evidence for photosensitised hydrogen production from water in the absence of precious metals, redox-mediators and co-catalysts

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 8141-8147 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Salzl ◽  
M. Ertl ◽  
G. Knör

New approaches for sunlight-powered proton reduction and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from aqueous salt solutions using earth-abundant components and molecular photosensitisers.

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 348-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Xu ◽  
Dongsheng Dai ◽  
Songsong Li ◽  
Lei Ge ◽  
Yangqin Gao

Semiconductor-based photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water with earth-abundant and low cost co-catalysts has attracted much attention.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (64) ◽  
pp. 59169-59180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Peng ◽  
Khadga Shrestha ◽  
Gautam Mishra ◽  
Jonas Baltrusaitis ◽  
Chia-Ming Wu ◽  
...  

A MCM-48 mesoporous support containing NiO and Ni2O3 nanoclusters exhibit high activity for photocatalytic hydrogen production in comparison to NiO.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (27) ◽  
pp. 11710-11719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shishen Zhang ◽  
Xiaobing Qian ◽  
Junqiu Yan ◽  
Kelong Chen ◽  
Jianhua Huang

Photocatalysts composed of earth-abundant elements are highly desired for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution as well as oxidation of amines to imines without the requirement of precious metals.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxue Wei ◽  
Honglin Qin ◽  
Jinxin Deng ◽  
Xiaomeng Cheng ◽  
Mengdie Cai ◽  
...  

Introduction: Solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen production from water splitting is one of the most promising solutions to satisfy the increasing demands of a rapidly developing society. CdS has emerged as a representative semiconductor photocatalyst due to its suitable band gap and band position. However, the poor stability and rapid charge recombination of CdS restrict its application for hydrogen production. The strategy of using a cocatalyst is typically recognized as an effective approach for improving the activity, stability, and selectivity of photocatalysts. In this review, recent developments in CdS cocatalysts for hydrogen production from water splitting under visible-light irradiation are summarized. In particular, the factors affecting the photocatalytic performance and new cocatalyst design, as well as the general classification of cocatalysts, are discussed, which includes a single cocatalyst containing noble-metal cocatalysts, non-noble metals, metal-complex cocatalysts, metal-free cocatalysts, and multi-cocatalysts. Finally, future opportunities and challenges with respect to the optimization and theoretical design of cocatalysts toward the CdS photocatalytic hydrogen evolution are described. Background: Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water splitting using photocatalyst semiconductors is one of the most promising solutions to satisfy the increasing demands of a rapidly developing society. CdS has emerged as a representative semiconductor photocatalyst due to its suitable band gap and band position. However, the poor stability and rapid charge recombination of CdS restrict its application for hydrogen production. The strategy of using a cocatalyst is typically recognized as an effective approach for improving the activity, stability, and selectivity of photocatalysts. Methods: This review summarizes the recent developments in CdS cocatalysts for hydrogen production from water splitting under visible-light irradiation. Results: Recent developments in CdS cocatalysts for hydrogen production from water splitting under visible-light irradiation are summarized. The factors affecting the photocatalytic performance and new cocatalyst design, as well as the general classification of cocatalysts, are discussed, which includes a single cocatalyst containing noble-metal cocatalysts, non-noble metals, metal-complex cocatalysts, metal-free cocatalysts, and multi-cocatalysts. Finally, future opportunities and challenges with respect to the optimization and theoretical design of cocatalysts toward the CdS photocatalytic hydrogen evolution are described. Conclusion: The state-of-the-art CdS for producing hydrogen from photocatalytic water splitting under visible light is discussed. The future opportunities and challenges with respect to the optimization and theoretical design of cocatalysts toward the CdS photocatalytic hydrogen evolution are also described.


Author(s):  
Zhiliang Jin ◽  
Hongying Li ◽  
Haiming Gong ◽  
Kaicheng Yang ◽  
Qingjie Guo

Constructing a heterojunction as a strategy to improve the performance of a single catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen production has received more and more attention in recent years. In the work,...


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (41) ◽  
pp. 20627-20632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhua Xiong ◽  
Linrui Wen ◽  
Fan Jiang ◽  
Yuhao Liu ◽  
Shijing Liang ◽  
...  

A monolayer HNb3O8 nanosheet was prepared. Its unique 2D structure promoted the efficient separation of the photo-generated carriers, leading to an enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (35) ◽  
pp. 12188-12196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Chen ◽  
Huijuan Huang ◽  
Yuanhui Zheng ◽  
Wenhao Sun ◽  
Yi Zhao ◽  
...  

Noble-metal-free Ni3N/g-C3N4 heterojunctions that show high photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity comparable to platinized g-C3N4 were successfully synthesized.


Author(s):  
Xiaoqiang Zhan ◽  
Zhi Fang ◽  
Bing Li ◽  
Haitao Zhang ◽  
Leyao Xu ◽  
...  

Highly-active heterojunctions hold the pivotal function in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, Ta3N5@ReS2 photocatalysts are rationally designed via the combination of template-assisted, hydrothermal and solution-adsorption processes, in which few...


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