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Enhanced hydrogen production from aqueous methanol solution using TiO2/Cu as photocatalysts

  • Paramasivan GOMATHISANKAR , 1 ,
  • Tomoko NODA 1 ,
  • Hideyuki KATSUMATA 1 ,
  • Tohru SUZUKI 2 ,
  • Satoshi KANECO , 1
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  • 1. Department of Chemistry for Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Mie 514–8507, Japan
  • 2. Environmental Preservation Center, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Received date: 24 Jan 2013

Accepted date: 09 Mar 2013

Published date: 22 May 2014

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2014 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

Abstract

The photocatalytic hydrogen production from aqueous methanol solution using titanium dioxide (TiO2) was investigated in the addition of metal particles including copper, lead, tin, and zinc. The results show that only the addition of copper particles enhances the hydrogen production. The copper usage and reaction temperature were further optimized for TiO2/Cu photocatalyts. Under the optimal conditions, the hydrogen production using TiO2/Cu as photocatalysts is approximately 68 times higher than that obtained with only TiO2.

Cite this article

Paramasivan GOMATHISANKAR , Tomoko NODA , Hideyuki KATSUMATA , Tohru SUZUKI , Satoshi KANECO . Enhanced hydrogen production from aqueous methanol solution using TiO2/Cu as photocatalysts[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2014 , 8(2) : 197 -202 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-014-1417-y

Acknowledgements

The present research was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 24510096 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. Support was provided to P. G. as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow of The Public Foundation of Chubu Science and Technology Center. All experiments were conducted at Mie University. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the supporting organizations.
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