Recent advances of hydrogen production through particulate semiconductor photocatalytic overall water splitting

Abstract

Solar energy-driven photocatalytic water splitting has been investigated for decades to produce clean and renewable green hydrogen. In this paper, the cutting-edge research within the overall water splitting system is summarized from the one-step photocatalytic overall water splitting (POWS) system to the two-step system and the cocatalysts research in this field. In addition, the photocatalytic reaction engineering study is also reviewed which is crucial for future scale-up. This mini-review provides a picture of survey of recent progress of relevant overall water splitting system, with particular attention paid to material system and mechanistic breakthroughs, and highlights the challenge and opportunity of the current system.

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Keywords

photocatalysis / overall water splitting / hydrogen

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21872093), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFB1502001), and the funding support from the Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

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