On the engineering part of solar hydrogen production from water splitting: Photoreactor design

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-146

  Xing, Zheng ^a   Zong, Xu ^a   Pan, Jian ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical reactors; Hydrogen production; Materials; Photochemistry; Reactor engineering; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

IMMOBILIZED PHOTOCATALYST; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOREACTOR DESIGN; REACTOR ENGINEERING; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84884712856     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.08.039     Document Type: Review

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