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Hydrogen Generation through Solar Photocatalytic Processes: A Review of the Configuration and the Properties of Effective Metal-Based Semiconductor Nanomaterials

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  • Laura Clarizia

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale (DICMAPI), ScuolaPolitecnica e delle Scienze di Base, Università di Napoli Federico II, p.le Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Danilo Russo

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale (DICMAPI), ScuolaPolitecnica e delle Scienze di Base, Università di Napoli Federico II, p.le Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Ilaria Di Somma

    (Istituto Ricerche sulla Combustione, Centro Nazionale delle Ricerche (IRC-CNR), p.le Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Roberto Andreozzi

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale (DICMAPI), ScuolaPolitecnica e delle Scienze di Base, Università di Napoli Federico II, p.le Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

  • Raffaele Marotta

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale (DICMAPI), ScuolaPolitecnica e delle Scienze di Base, Università di Napoli Federico II, p.le Tecchio, 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy)

Abstract

Photocatalytic water splitting and organic reforming based on nano-sized composites are gaining increasing interest due to the possibility of generating hydrogen by employing solar energy with low environmental impact. Although great efforts in developing materials ensuring high specific photoactivity have been recently recorded in the literature survey, the solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiencies are currently still far from meeting the minimum requirements for real solar applications. This review aims at reporting the most significant results recently collected in the field of hydrogen generation through photocatalytic water splitting and organic reforming, with specific focus on metal-based semiconductor nanomaterials (e.g., metal oxides, metal (oxy)nitrides and metal (oxy)sulfides) used as photocatalysts under UVA or visible light irradiation. Recent developments for improving the photoefficiency for hydrogen generation of most used metal-based composites are pointed out. The main synthesis and operating variables affecting photocatalytic water splitting and organic reforming over metal-based nanocomposites are critically evaluated.

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  • Laura Clarizia & Danilo Russo & Ilaria Di Somma & Roberto Andreozzi & Raffaele Marotta, 2017. "Hydrogen Generation through Solar Photocatalytic Processes: A Review of the Configuration and the Properties of Effective Metal-Based Semiconductor Nanomaterials," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-21, October.
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