A feasible hydrogen evolution process of water electrolysis assisted by TiO2 nanotube photocatalysis

Hongbo He; Aiping Chen; Ming Chang; Lei Ma; Chunzhong Li

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.4, 1112-1116, July, 2013

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2012.12.006 Export Citation

A feasible hydrogen evolution process of water electrolysis assisted by TiO2 nanotube photocatalysis

Hongbo He, Aiping Chen^†, Ming Chang, Lei Ma, and Chunzhong Li

Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, PR China

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A feasible process called as the hydrogen evolution of water electrolysis assisted by photocatalysis (WEAP) was proposed and experimentally achieved. In comparison with traditional alkaline electrolytic cell for water electrolysis with Ni anode, H2-production rate increased by 118% and the applied direct voltage reduced by 14.5% in WEAP with photoactive Ni anode modified by TiO2 nanotubes.

Keywords:TiO2 nanotubes;Water electrolysis;Photocatalysis;Hydrogen

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[Referenced By]

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[2] Momirlan M, Veziroglu TN, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews., 6, 141 (2002)

[3] Dunn S, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy., 27, 235 (2002)

[4] Fujishima A, Honda K, Nature., 238, 37 (1972)

[5] Chen X, Mao SS, Chem. Rev., 107(7), 2891 (2007)

[6] Park JH, Kim S, Bard AJ, Nano Letters., 6, 24 (2006)

[7] Caramori S, Cristino V, Argazzi R, Meda L, Bignozzi CA, Inorg. Chem., 49(7), 3320 (2010)

[8] Younpblood WJ, Lee SHA, Kobayashi Y, Hernandez-Pagan EA, Hoertz PG, Moore TA, Moore AL, Gust D, Mallouk TE, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131(3), 926 (2009)

[9] Gong JJ, Lin CJ, Ye MD, Lai YK, Chemical Communications., 47, 2598 (2011)

[10] Cho IS, Chen ZB, Forman AJ, Kim DP, Rao PM, Jaramillo TF, Zheng XL, Nano Letters., 11, 4978 (2011)

[11] Fujishima A, Zhang X, Tryk DA, Surface Science Reports., 63, 515 (2008)

[12] Nakahira A, Kubo T, Numako C, Inorg. Chem., 49(13), 5845 (2010)

[13] Sun Y, Yan KP, Wang GX, Guo W, Ma TL, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 115, 12844 (2011)

[14] Zeng K, Zhang DK, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science., 36, 307 (2010)

[15] Kasuga T, Hiramatsu M, Hoson A, Sekino T, Niihara K, Langmuir, 14(12), 3160 (1998)

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[17] Sobana N, Muruganadham M, Swaminathan M, J. Mol. Catal. A-Chem., 258(1-2), 124 (2006)

[18] Oh I, Kye J, Hwang S, Nano Letters., 12, 298 (2012)

[19] Mohapatra SK, Raja KS, Mahajan VK, Misra M, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 112, 11007 (2008)