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Review Article

Recent progress for hydrogen production by photocatalytic natural or simulated seawater splitting

Jining Zhang1,2, Wenping Hu2, Shuang Cao1( ), Lingyu Piao1,3( )
CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Abstract

Solar energy is an inexhaustible renewable energy source. Among the various methods for solar energy conversion, photocatalytic hydrogen (H2) production is considered as one of the most promising ways. Since Fujishima pioneered this field in 1972, photocatalytic water splitting to produce H2 has received widespread attention. Up to now, abundant semiconductor materials have been explored as photocatalysts for pure water splitting to produce H2. However, photocatalytic seawater splitting is more in line with the concept of sustainable development, which can greatly alleviate the problem of limited freshwater resource. At present, only few studies have focused on the process of H2 production by photocatalytic seawater splitting due to the complex composition of seawater and lack of suitable photocatalysts. In this review, we outline the most recent advances in photocatalytic seawater splitting. In particular, we introduce the H2 production photocatalysts, underlying mechanism of ions in seawater on photocatalytic seawater splitting, current challenges and future potential advances for this exciting field.

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photocatalyticseawaterhydrogen productionphotocatalytic mechanism

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 9,
September 2020
Pages 2313-2322
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2880-z
Cite this article:
Zhang J, Hu W, Cao S, et al. Recent progress for hydrogen production by photocatalytic natural or simulated seawater splitting. Nano Research, 2020, 13(9): 2313-2322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2880-z
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Received: 25 March 2020
Revised: 06 May 2020
Accepted: 17 May 2020
Published: 19 June 2020
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