Journal
CATALYSTS
Volume 7, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal7110324
Keywords
photocatalysis; titanium dioxide; platinum; hydrogen; water and electron scavenger
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT), Mexico [359213]
- Secretariat of Public Education (SEP), Mexico [N 7493]
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Several TiO2 based semiconductors with different Pt loadings are prepared using incipient impregnation, wet impregnation and the sol-gel method. These photocatalysts are evaluated in the Photo-CREC-Water II Photoreactor for hydrogen production via water dissociation, using an organic renewable scavenger (ethanol). Results obtained show the influence of the photocatalyst preparation in the production of hydrogen and in the observed quantum yields. Furthermore, it is established that the reaction networks leading to hydrogen production, using various photocatalysts, share common features. This analysis is developed by both identifying and quantifying different chemical species and their changes with irradiation time. Key species in this oxidation-reduction network are hydrogen, hydrogen peroxide, ethanol, methane, ethane, acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide. On this basis, it is shown that under an inert gas atmosphere, ethanol consumption is sub-stoichiometric. This points towards simultaneous ethanol consumption and the formation of the ethanol scavenger.
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