A current perspective for photocatalysis towards the hydrogen production from biomass-derived organic substances and water

Chao Wei Huang, Ba Son Nguyen, Jeffrey C.S. Wu, Van Huy Nguyen

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Abstract

Recently, an increasing interest has been devoted to produce chemical energy – hydrogen (H2) by converting sustainable sunlight energy via water splitting and reforming of renewable biomass-derived organic substances. These photocatalytic processes are very promising, sustainable, economic, and environment-friendly. Herein, this article gives a concise overview of photocatalysis to produce H2 as solar fuel via two approaches: water splitting and reforming of biomass-derived organic substances. For the first approach – photocatalytic water splitting, there are two reaction types have been used, including photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photochemical (PC) cell reactions. For the second approach, biomass-derived oxygenated substrates could undergo selective photocatalytic reforming under renewable solar irradiation. Significant efforts to date have been made for photocatalysts design at the molecular level that can efficiently utilize solar energy and optimize the reaction conditions, including light irradiation, type of sacrificial reagents. Critical challenges, prospects, and the requirement to give more attention to photocatalysis for producing H2 are also highlighted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18144-18159
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume45
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Jul 17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Fuel Technology
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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