Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1278054 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Here we report a sustainable process for photo-induced hydrogen production from aqueous solutions of oxygenated hydrocarbons. Doping N and B into TiO2 noticeably improves its activity for hydrogen production. The addition of oxygenated hydrocarbons into water serves both as a hydrogen source and as an electron donor, which substantially enhances hydrogen production as compared with that for the photo-catalytic splitting of pure water. Other biomass-derived compounds such as glucose and sucrose are also shown to have potential for hydrogen production by this photo-catalytic conversion.
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Authors
Nianjun Luo, Zheng Jiang, Huahong Shi, Fahai Cao, Tiancun Xiao, Peter P. Edwards,