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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 46, Issue 33, Pages 17500-17506Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.01.181
Keywords
rGO/TiO2; Hydrogen production; Photocatalysis; Photocatalyst stability
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- MINECO/FEDER, UE [CTM2015-69845-R]
- MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE [RTI2018-099407-B-I00]
- FPI contract grant [BES2016079201]
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The experimental results of photocatalytic hydrogen production show that the composite material with 2% rGO exhibits similar initial performance to TiO2 but decreases gradually over time. Further analysis reveals the negative influence of hydrogen accumulation in the reaction system on the photocatalytic process.
The viability of the photocatalytic hydrogen production is closely related to the performance and long term stability of the photocatalyst. In this work rGO/TiO2 composites have been synthetized with graphene oxide (GO) ratios from 1% to 10% and experimentally assessed towards hydrogen generation from methanol solutions. The performance of the composite with 2% of rGO (2 GT) has been compared to bare TiO2 working with 20% volume methanol solution. The hydrogen production initial rate showed similar values with both photocatalysts decreasing after about 24 h. Further analysis of the photocatalytic process at longer times showed the negative influence of hydrogen accumulation in the reaction system. Thus, an experimental procedure with argon purge was developed and the behavior of TiO2 and 2 GT photocatalysts was compared. It is concluded that TiO2 keeps its activity after 8 operation cycles while 2 GT performance reduces progressively. This can be attributed to the further reduction of GO and the increase of defects in its structure. (C) 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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