Recent advances on photocatalytic fuel cell for environmental applications—The marriage of photocatalysis and fuel cells

Li, Mohua; Liu, Yanbiao; Dong, Liming; Shen, Chensi; Li, Fang; Huang, Manhong; Ma, Chunfeng; Yang, Bo; An, Xiaoqiang; Sand, Wolfgang

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.071

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“…With the rapidly developing of agriculture, industry and social economy, environmental pollution and the energy crisis have become major challenges to sustainable development of human society 1‐4 . Solar‐driven photocatalytic technology is an emerging photochemical technique and has been extensively studied since the 1970s.…”

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Bi‐based photocatalysts for light‐driven environmental and energy applications: Structural tuning, reaction mechanisms, and challenges

Chen

Liu

Cui

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Environmental pollution and energy crisis have become major challenges to sustainable development of human society. Solar-driven photocatalytic technology is regarded as an extremely attractive solution to environmental remediation and energy conversion. Unfortunately, practical applications of traditional photocatalysts are restricted owing to the poor absorption of visible light, insufficient charge separation and undefined reaction mechanism. Therefore, developing novel visible light photocatalysts and exploring their modification strategies are significant in the area of photocatalysis. Bi-based photocatalysts have attracted wide attention due to unique geometric structures, tunable electronic structure and decent photocatalytic activity under visible light. At present, Bi-based photocatalysts can be mainly classified as bismuth metal, binary oxides, bismuth oxyhalogen, multicomponent oxides and binary sulfides, and so forth. Although they can be used as independent photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy development, their efficiency is not ideal. Therefore, many efforts have been made to enhance their photocatalytic performance in the past few decades. Significant progresses in determining the fundamental properties of photocatalysts, improving the photocatalytic performance and understanding the photocatalytic mechanism in important reactions have been made benefited from the various new developed concepts and approaches. This review introduces the structural properties of Bi-based photocatalysts in detail and summarizes the design and modification strategy for improving the photocatalytic performance, including metal/ Peng Chen and Hongjing Liu contributed equally to this work.

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Bi‐based photocatalysts for light‐driven environmental and energy applications: Structural tuning, reaction mechanisms, and challenges

Chen

Liu

Cui

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“…The by-product of fuel cells is water that induces less environmental impact than other conventional technologies, such as fossil fuel-generated power plants are very likely to emit pollutant gases that create a greenhouse effect. 51,52 To date, emissions of pollution gases due to the effects of electricity production using conventional energy generation technologies, such as coal and natural gas in Malaysia, have been released in massive quantities as listed out in Table 2. 53 Besides, fuel cells do not require to have a region that is too large to implement.…”

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Fuel cells as an advanced alternative energy source for the residential sector applications in Malaysia

Zakaria

Kamarudin

Wahid

2020

Intl J of Energy Research

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The growth of the world's population has increased energy demand. Malaysia, as a developing country, also requires significant energy to drive economic development and address population demand. Malaysian conventional power generation system is highly dependent on natural gas, coal, and oil power systems that have had significant environmental impacts. This paper explores the energy status in Malaysia to highlight the advantages of fuel cells as an advanced alternative energy source. The discussion on energy status in Malaysia involves population situation, energy demand, energy sources, and energy policies. Then, the ability and type of fuel cells to provide this advanced alternative energy source in Malaysia are described. The prospects for introducing portable fuel cell devices and residential applications have been comprehensively described as the most relevant application for the residential sector to implement this technology in Malaysia. Highlights • A comprehensive review of fuel cell systems as a source of renewable energy for the residence sector in Malaysia is presented. • The introduction of fuel cell-based portable devices and residential applications are the most relevant applications for the residence sector in Malaysia. • The prospects for the introduction of fuel cells are discussed, including costs and maintenance, the plan and strategy, and the availability of a research center in Malaysia.

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“…In terms of the electrode materials, several advanced types have been reported, such as boron-doped diamond (BDD), doped SnO 2 , and carbon nanotubes (CNT) [4]. The BDD electrode possesses a wide potential window and high anodic stability, but suffers from high manufacturing cost [5].…”

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A Bifunctional Electroactive Ti4O7-Based Membrane System for Highly Efficient Ammonia Decontamination

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Herein, an electroactive filtration system, consisting of a Ti4O7 anode and a Pd-Cu co-modified nickel foam cathode, was developed and applied for the decontamination of ammonia from water. When assisted with an external electrical field, ClO• was generated on the surface of the Ti4O7 anode, which then reacted selectively with ammonia to generate N2. The anodic byproduct, NO3−, could also be reduced efficiently at the functional cathode to produce N2 as well. Electron paramagnetic resonance technique and radical scavenging tests synergistically verified the essential role of ClO• during the highly efficient ammonia conversion process. Relative to conventional batch systems, the developed flow-through design demonstrated enhanced ammonia conversion kinetics, thanks to the convection-enhanced mass transport. The proposed technology also showed desirable stability across a wide environmental matrix. This work provides new insights for the development of advanced and affordable continuous-flow systems towards effective decontamination of ammonia.

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Recent advances on photocatalytic fuel cell for environmental applications—The marriage of photocatalysis and fuel cells

Cited by 163 publications

References 118 publications

Bi‐based photocatalysts for light‐driven environmental and energy applications: Structural tuning, reaction mechanisms, and challenges

Bi‐based photocatalysts for light‐driven environmental and energy applications: Structural tuning, reaction mechanisms, and challenges

Fuel cells as an advanced alternative energy source for the residential sector applications in Malaysia

A Bifunctional Electroactive Ti4O7-Based Membrane System for Highly Efficient Ammonia Decontamination

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