Recent Progress and Approaches on Transition Metal Chalcogenides for Hydrogen Production

Sivagowri Shanmugaratnam, Elilan Yogenthiran, Ranjit Koodali, Punniamoorthy Ravirajan, Dhayalan Velauthapillai and Yohi Shivatharsiny
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Sivagowri Shanmugaratnam: Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL), Department of Physics, University of Jaffna, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
Elilan Yogenthiran: Department of Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
Ranjit Koodali: Department of Chemistry, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA
Punniamoorthy Ravirajan: Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL), Department of Physics, University of Jaffna, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
Dhayalan Velauthapillai: Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 7030, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Yohi Shivatharsiny: Department of Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-37

Abstract: Development of efficient and affordable photocatalysts is of great significance for energy production and environmental sustainability. Transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) with particle sizes in the 1–100 nm have been used for various applications such as photocatalysis, photovoltaic, and energy storage due to their quantum confinement effect, optoelectronic behavior, and their stability. In particular, TMCs and their heterostructures have great potential as an emerging inexpensive and sustainable alternative to metal-based catalysts for hydrogen evolution. Herein, the methods used for the fabrication of TMCs, characterization techniques employed, and the different methods of solar hydrogen production by using different TMCs as photocatalyst are reviewed. This review provides a summary of TMC photocatalysts for hydrogen production.

Keywords: transition metal chalcogenides; hydrogen production; photocatalysis; apparent quantum yield (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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