Solar hydrogen production. Significant effect of Na2CO3 addition on water splitting using simple oxide semiconductor photocatalysts |
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| Authors: | Hironori Arakawa and Kazuhiro Sayama |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Sakai Osaka, 599-8531, Japan; |
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| Abstract: | Recent progress in photocatalytic decomposition of water to H2 and O2 using simple oxide semiconductor catalysts has been reviewed. Addition of Na2CO3 to Pt/TiO2 suspension in water enhanced the stoichiometric decomposition significantly. This Na2CO3 addition method has been proved to be very useful to accelerate water splitting over various kinds of oxide semiconductor photocatalysts. The role of CO32– anion on the acceleration of water splitting was clarified. Finally, it was firstly demonstrated in the world that water was decomposed efficiently and stoichiometrically to H2 and O2 using a 3 wt% NiOx/TiO2 photocatalyst under real solar light irradiation in Tsukuba, Japan by this Na2CO3 addition method. |
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| Keywords: | water splitting oxide semiconductor photocatalysts Na2CO3 addition method H2 production solar light irradiation |
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