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EnglishHydrogen evolution is among the most investigated catalytic processes given the importance of H2 from an industrial and an energy perspective. Achieving H2 production through green routes, such as water splitting or more realistically photoreforming of alcohols, is particularly desirable. In this work, we achieve a remarkable H2 productivity through photoreforming of either ethanol or glycerol as a sacrificial electron donor by employing a hybrid nanocatalyst where the properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Pd nanoparticles and crystalline TiO2 are optimally merged through appropriate engineering of the three components and an optimised synthetic protocol. Catalysts were very active both under UV (highest activity 25 mmol g−1 h−1) and simulated solar light (1.5 mmol h−1 g−1), as well as very stable. Critical to such high performance is the intimate contact of the three phases, each fulfilling a specific task synergistically with the other components.
| Titolo: | Making H2from light and biomass-derived alcohols: the outstanding activity of newly designed hierarchical MWCNT/Pd@TiO2hybrid catalysts |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
| Stato di pubblicazione: | Pubblicato |
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| Abstract: | Hydrogen evolution is among the most investigated catalytic processes given the importance of H2 from an industrial and an energy perspective. Achieving H2 production through green routes, such as water splitting or more realistically photoreforming of alcohols, is particularly desirable. In this work, we achieve a remarkable H2 productivity through photoreforming of either ethanol or glycerol as a sacrificial electron donor by employing a hybrid nanocatalyst where the properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Pd nanoparticles and crystalline TiO2 are optimally merged through appropriate engineering of the three components and an optimised synthetic protocol. Catalysts were very active both under UV (highest activity 25 mmol g−1 h−1) and simulated solar light (1.5 mmol h−1 g−1), as well as very stable. Critical to such high performance is the intimate contact of the three phases, each fulfilling a specific task synergistically with the other components. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2897584 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6GC01979J |
| URL: | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/GC/C6GC01979J#!divAbstract |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in Rivista |
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