Progress in Solar Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Authors

Zhi WU, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China;
Lan SUN, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China;Follow
Chang-jian LIN, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Lan SUN(sunlan@xmu.edu.cn);
Chang-jian LIN(cjlin@xmu.edu.cn)

Abstract

With the rapid development of human society and dramatically consumption of traditional energy, energy shortage and environmental pollution have become an important factor restricting the sustainable development of human society. At present, the development of clean and environmentally friendly renewable energy system has drawn much attention and becomes an important priority stratagem in the world. In many green and sustainable new energy projects, semiconductor-based photocatalytic hydrogen production technology which utilizes the available clean and renewable solar energy to prepare clean hydrogen energy is excepted to solve the crisis of energy shortage and environmental pollution, has become one of the most promising applied technology for the world. This paper reviews briefly semiconductor-based photocatalytic hydrogen production technology by introducing principles of photocatalytic water splitting, photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors and semiconductor electrode stability and photocatalytic hydrogen production efficiency. Some recent advances in semiconductor photocatalyst, photogenerated charge separation and photocatalytic hydrogen production system are highlighted. The existing problems and further development in this field are also proposed. The development of solar photocatalytic hydrogen production technology is commented and prospected.

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Keywords

solar energy, photocatalysis, hydrogen production, semicorductor, photoelectrochemistry

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.181147

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Publication Date

2019-10-28

Online Available Date

2019-10-28

Revised Date

2019-08-20

Received Date

2019-07-20

Recommended Citation

Zhi WU, Lan SUN, Chang-jian LIN. Progress in Solar Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2019 , 25(5): 529-552.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.181147
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol25/iss5/2