A review and recent advances in solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion based on photocatalytic water splitting over doped-TiO2 nanoparticles

• Published in: Solar energy Vol. 211; pp. 522 - 546
• Main Author: Ismael, Mohammed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 15.11.2020; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Air pollution; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Catalytic activity; Copper; Current carriers; Dopants; Electromagnetic absorption; Emissions control; Energy; Energy conversion; Energy gap; Gold; Hydrogen; Hydrogen fuels; Hydrogen production; Hydrogen-based energy; Irradiation; Light irradiation; Metal concentrations; Metals; Nanoparticles; Noble metals; Photocatalysis; Photocatalysts; Physicochemical properties; Platinum; Recombination; Sol-gel processes; Solar energy; TiO2-doped photocatalysts; Titanium dioxide; Ultraviolet radiation; Water pollution; Water splitting; Work functions; TiO2-doped photocatalysts; Photocatalysis; Hydrogen production; Solar energy

Photocatalytic hydrogen production under solar light irradiation is an attractive and appealing technology to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel to reduce CO2 emission and air pollution. Due to its special physicochemical properties, TiO2 photocatalysts have been commonly used as a promising...