Carbon-nanotube/TiO2 materials synthesized by a one-pot oxidation/hydrothermal route for the photocatalytic production of hydrogen from biomass derivatives

Recent Advances in Biomass-Based Photocatalytic H2 Production and Efficient Photocatalysts: A Review

“…Naffati et al also used glycerol as a sacrificial agent for photocatalytic H 2 generation on CNT/Pt− TiO 2 hybrid photocatalysts. 89 The H 2 production rate reaches 2091 μmol g −1 in the presence of glycerol solutions. They also find that the biomass-derived glycerol may act as the primary source of H + during the photocatalytic reaction.…”

“…The initial pH also influences the rate of H 2 evolution. Naffati et al also used glycerol as a sacrificial agent for photocatalytic H 2 generation on CNT/Pt–TiO 2 hybrid photocatalysts . The H 2 production rate reaches 2091 μmol g –1 in the presence of glycerol solutions.…”

Advances in Z‐scheme semiconductor photocatalysts for the photoelectrochemical applications: A review

“…Additionally, their use in combination with other semiconductors through nanotechnology can lower the band gap and width of CNTs, significantly improving the photocatalytic performance of the composite material. Naffati's group synthesised CNT-Pt/ TiO 2 through a one-pot oxidation/hydrothermal route by using different amounts of CNTs and titanium dioxide and used them to produce hydrogen from aqueous methanol and glycerol solutions under UV-LED irradiation 41 ; platinum nanoparticles were used as a cocatalyst in the system. The introduction of CNTs enhanced the photoresponse of TiO 2 to the visible light region, reduced its band gap, improved charge mobility and reduced the recombination rate of electrons and holes.…”

Recent Progress on Carbon‐Nanotube‐Based Materials for Photocatalytic Applications: A Review

“…[ 57 ] When the MWCNT content is set to be 2.0 wt%, the corresponding H 2 evolution rate is higher than that of pure g‐C 3 N 4 by approximately a factor of 3.7. As shown in Table 2 , TiO 2 , [ 114 ] CdS, [ 115 ] polymeric carbon nitride (PCN), [13b] and SiC [24b] are hybridized with CNTs, exhibiting a better efficiency in the H 2 evolution reaction.…”