Review of photocatalytic water-splitting methods for sustainable hydrogen production

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1449-1473

  Acar, Canan ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Naterer, Greg F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

band gap; hydrogen; photocatalyst; quantum yield; solar

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; METALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84969941297     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3549     Document Type: Review

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