Morphology-Governed Performance of Multi-Dimensional Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation

Zhishun Wei, Tharishinny Raja Mogan, Kunlei Wang, Marcin Janczarek and Ewa Kowalska
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Zhishun Wei: Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Tharishinny Raja Mogan: Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
Kunlei Wang: Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
Marcin Janczarek: Faculty of Chemical Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
Ewa Kowalska: Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-37

Abstract: In the past few decades, extensive studies have been performed to utilize the solar energy for photocatalytic water splitting; however, up to the present, the overall efficiencies reported in the literature are still unsatisfactory for commercialization. The crucial element of this challenging concept is the proper selection and design of photocatalytic material to enable significant extension of practical application perspectives. One of the important features in describing photocatalysts, although underestimated, is particle morphology. Accordingly, this review presents the advances achieved in the design of photocatalysts that are dedicated to hydrogen generation, with an emphasis on the particle morphology and its potential correlation with the overall reaction performance. The novel concept of this work—with the content presented in a clear and logical way—is based on the division into five parts according to dimensional arrangement groups of 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D, and combined systems. In this regard, it has been shown that the consideration of the discussed aspects, focusing on different types of particle morphology and their correlation with the system’s efficiency, could be a promising route for accelerating the development of photocatalytic materials oriented for solar-driven hydrogen generation. Finally, concluding remarks (additionally including the problems connected with experiments) and potential future directions of particle morphology-based design of photocatalysts for hydrogen production systems have been presented.

Keywords: water splitting; hydrogen generation; heterogeneous photocatalysis; vis response; nanoparticles; nanotubes; nanosheets; quantum dots (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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