Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Photoreforming lignocellulosic biomass for hydrogen production: Optimized design of photocatalyst and photocatalytic system

C Shi, F Kang, Y Zhu, M Teng, J Shi, H Qi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using renewable solar energy for clean hydrogen (H 2) fuel production via photocatalysis is
a promising low carbon intensity strategy to address the energy crisis and environmental …

Favorable Energy Band Alignment of TiO2 Anatase/Rutile Heterophase Homojunctions Yields Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution with Quantum Efficiency Exceeding …

X Ruan, X Cui, Y Cui, X Fan, Z Li, T ** the technology for high yielding photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions is
an important challenge. Development and optimization of photocatalytic junctions is a likely …

Elevating Photooxidation of Methane to Formaldehyde via TiO2 Crystal Phase Engineering

Y Jiang, W Zhao, S Li, S Wang, Y Fan… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic conversion of methane to value-added products under mild conditions, which
represents a long sought-after goal for industrial sustainable production, remains extremely …

Regulation of the rutile/anatase TiO2 phase junction in-situ grown on–OH terminated Ti3C2Tx (MXene) towards remarkably enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen …

C Peng, T Zhou, P Wei, H Ai, B Zhou, H Pan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterophase junction (HPJ) and hole trap** was regarded as effective strategies to
improve photogenerated carrier separation and photocatalytic performance. In this work, a …

2D/1D graphitic carbon nitride/titanate nanotubes heterostructure for efficient photocatalysis of sulfamethazine under solar light: Catalytic “hot spots” at the rutile …

H Ji, P Du, D Zhao, S Li, F Sun, EC Duin… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract 2D/1D graphitic carbon nitride hybridized with titanate nanotubes (gC 3 N 4/TNTs)
was prepared through a hydrothermal reaction–calcination method. The photocatalyst …

Photocatalytic hydrogen production: a rift into the future energy supply

KC Christoforidis, P Fornasiero - ChemCatChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production is a process that converts solar energy into
chemical energy by means of a suitable photocatalyst. After the huge amount of systems that …

Titanium dioxide-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic fuel generations

Y Ma, X Wang, Y Jia, X Chen, H Han, C Li - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, with the rapid depletion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum oil), the
development of renewable energies based on sufficient energy sources with sustainable …

Photocatalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to valuable products

X Liu, X Duan, W Wei, S Wang, BJ Ni - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass is a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource, which has potential to
replace a portion of the finite petroleum and fossil feedstock for sustainable production of …

Catalyst design and structure control for photocatalytic refineries of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals

L Sun, N Luo - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the largest renewable hydrocarbon resource on earth.
Converting cellulose, one of the major components of lignocellulose, powered by solar …