Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7722430 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, an experimental study is performed for hydrogen and oxygen production by new photo-catalytic and electro-catalytic water splitting systems. An effective method for hydrogen production by solar energy without consumption of additional reactants is a hybrid system which combines photo-chemical and electro-catalytic reactions. Experiments are performed in batch and dual cell quasi-steady operation with different light intensities and zinc sulfide photo-catalyst concentrations. The photo-reactor in batch operation achieves 6Â mLÂ hâ1 of hydrogen production with 3% w/v of catalyst. The hydrogen production rate corresponds to a quantum efficiency of 75% as measured through illumination of zinc sulfide suspensions in a dual cell reactor.
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Authors
E. Baniasadi, I. Dincer, G.F. Naterer,