Catalytic Aspects of Light-Induced Hydrogen Generation in Water with TiO2 and Other Photocatalysts: A Simple and Practical Way Towards a Normalization?

Thomas Maschmeyer (1) , Michel Che (2)

1 School of Chemistry
2 LRS - Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface

Evaluation is discussed of performance of solid photocatalysts for H2 generation from H2O so that they can be compared in a simple way whether sacrificial soln. is used or not. The addnl. chem. potential present in a sacrificial soln. will be the same regardless of the catalyst system used, so differences in the photocatalytic activity remain meaningful. [on SciFinder(R)]

Mots clés: photocatalyst performance evaluation hydrogen photogeneration water visible light

Domaines: Catalyse

Thomas Maschmeyer, Michel Che. Catalytic Aspects of Light-Induced Hydrogen Generation in Water with TiO2 and Other Photocatalysts: A Simple and Practical Way Towards a Normalization?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49 (9), pp.1536-1539. ⟨10.1002/anie.200903921⟩. ⟨hal-00604779⟩