Issue 19, 2017

A simple and efficient hydrogen production-storage hybrid system (Co/TiO2) for synchronized hydrogen photogeneration with uptake

Abstract

The production and storage of hydrogen are the two most critical challenges for hydrogen energy development. In addition, converting H2 from the as-obtained gas state to a stable storage state consumes excess energy and increases the practical cost of hydrogen fuel. Accordingly, we now present a simple hybrid material system (Co/TiO2) that efficiently synchronizes hydrogen photogeneration in water with its room-temperature storage. In the composite, through a series of carefully controlled experiments, ultrathin Co shells composed of 1, 2, 4, and 9 atom layers have been fabricated on TiO2 photocatalysts. Before saturation of hydrogen on metal Co, the hydrogen storage efficiency is close to 100%, meaning that nearly all hydrogen generated by photocatalytic water splitting is conserved. This work provides a new approach to combined structure-function design technology in the hydrogen energy field.

Graphical abstract: A simple and efficient hydrogen production-storage hybrid system (Co/TiO2) for synchronized hydrogen photogeneration with uptake

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jan 2017
Accepted
06 Apr 2017
First published
06 Apr 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 9198-9203

A simple and efficient hydrogen production-storage hybrid system (Co/TiO2) for synchronized hydrogen photogeneration with uptake

Y. Yang, P. Gao, Y. Wang, L. Sha, X. Ren, J. Zhang, P. Yang, T. Wu, Y. Chen and X. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 9198 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00818J

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