TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with high-performance catalysts without precious metals
AU - Zhao, Wan
AU - Chen, Zhi
AU - Yang, Xiuru
AU - Qian, Xiaoxiao
AU - Liu, Chunxi
AU - Zhou, Dantong
AU - Sun, Tao
AU - Zhang, Ming
AU - Wei, Guoying
AU - Dissanayake, Pavani Dulanja
AU - Ok, Yong Sik
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. LY17E020008), Technology Foundation for Selected Overseas Chinese Scholar of Zhejiang Province, Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang (2020YW53) and Hydrogen Energy Innovation Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT)) (NRF-2019M3E6A1064197).
Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. LY17E020008 ), Technology Foundation for Selected Overseas Chinese Scholar of Zhejiang Province, Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang ( 2020YW53 ) and Hydrogen Energy Innovation Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT( MSIT )) ( NRF-2019M3E6A1064197 ).
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PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - The exploitation of green and renewable energy sources is imperative due to the environmental pollution produced by the massive use of non-renewable fossil energy. Hydrogen is a promising clean fuel since it exhibits high energy density and causes no secondary pollution. The photocatalytic production of H2 from water splitting has gained immense attention since it is a low-cost, low-energy consuming, and environmentally friendly process. Various attempts have been made to prepare active and highly efficient catalysts for photocatalytic H2 evolution. However, the use of precious metals as co-catalysts makes the H2 production costly, thus limiting their practical applications. Herein, we discuss the latest advancements in the H2 evolution on photocatalysts without noble metals. The progress achieved in the development of diverse photocatalysts has been critically evaluated in this review. Special attention has been paid to the challenges and tactics about enhancing the H2 evolution upon non-noble-metal photocatalysts. This review will be helpful for designing high efficiency photocatalysts for fundamental research and practical applications.
AB - The exploitation of green and renewable energy sources is imperative due to the environmental pollution produced by the massive use of non-renewable fossil energy. Hydrogen is a promising clean fuel since it exhibits high energy density and causes no secondary pollution. The photocatalytic production of H2 from water splitting has gained immense attention since it is a low-cost, low-energy consuming, and environmentally friendly process. Various attempts have been made to prepare active and highly efficient catalysts for photocatalytic H2 evolution. However, the use of precious metals as co-catalysts makes the H2 production costly, thus limiting their practical applications. Herein, we discuss the latest advancements in the H2 evolution on photocatalysts without noble metals. The progress achieved in the development of diverse photocatalysts has been critically evaluated in this review. Special attention has been paid to the challenges and tactics about enhancing the H2 evolution upon non-noble-metal photocatalysts. This review will be helpful for designing high efficiency photocatalysts for fundamental research and practical applications.
KW - Affordable and clean energy
KW - H evolution
KW - Non-precious metal catalyst
KW - Photocatalyst
KW - Solar energy utilization
KW - Water splitting
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110040
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110040
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85089156995
VL - 132
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
SN - 1364-0321
M1 - 110040
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