A review of methanol photoreforming: elucidating the mechanisms, photocatalysts and recent advancement strategies

L Chang, ST Yong, SP Chai, LK Putri, LL Tan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol photoreforming is an emerging and promising technology in harnessing solar
energy to produce hydrogen as well as value-added by-products including formaldehyde …

Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Photocatalysis: What Systematic Studies and Alcohol Surface Chemistry on TiO2(110) Have to Offer for Future …

M Eder, M Tschurl, U Heiz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous photocatalytic systems are usually described based on electrochemistry,
which the vast majority of interpretations and strategies for optimizing photocatalysts rely on …

Size and Coverage Effects of Ni and Pt Co-Catalysts in the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Methanol on TiO2(110)

M Eder, C Courtois, P Petzoldt, S Mackewicz… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic alcohol oxidation on metal-
loaded TiO2 has emerged as an active research field. While the presence of a metal cluster …

Surface Species in Photocatalytic Methanol Reforming on Pt/TiO2(110): Learning from Surface Science Experiments for Catalytically Relevant Conditions

CA Walenta, C Courtois, SL Kollmannsberger… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from methanol is a standard test reaction for photocatalyst
materials. Surprisingly, the exact chemical mechanism is still widely discussed in the …

Photocatalytic H2 Evolution from Oxalic Acid: Effect of Cocatalysts and Carbon Dioxide Radical Anion on the Surface Charge Transfer Mechanisms

Y AlSalka, O Al-Madanat, M Curti, A Hakki… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic reforming of carboxylic acids on cocatalyst-loaded semiconductors is an
attractive process for H2 generation that has been studied for years. Experimental support …

Cluster catalysis with lattice oxygen: Tracing oxygen transport from a magnetite (001) support onto small Pt clusters

S Kaiser, F Maleki, K Zhang, W Harbich, U Heiz… - Acs …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxidation catalysis on reducible oxide-supported small metal clusters often involves lattice
oxygen. The present work aims at differentiating whether the reaction takes place at the …

Molecular-level understanding of the deactivation pathways during methanol photo-reforming on Pt-decorated TiO2

H Huang, J Feng, S Zhang, H Zhang, X Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The methanol photo-reforming offers an environmentally friendly approach for hydrogen
production. However, the widely studied catalyst for this reaction, Pt loaded titanium dioxide …

New insights on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution of ZnFe2− xGaxO4 (0≤ x≤ 2) solid solutions: Role of oxygen vacancy and ZnO segregated phase

R Kalia, RK Kunchala, SN Achary, BS Naidu - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The exponential increase in global energy and clean energy demands lead to the necessity
for development of efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Herein, photocatalytic …

Oxidative decomposition of dimethyl methylphosphonate on rutile TiO 2 (110): the role of oxygen vacancies

C Tesvara, C Walenta, P Sautet - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The decomposition of dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP,(CH3O) 2P (O)(CH3)), a
simulant to the toxic nerve agent Sarin, on the rutile TiO2 (110) surface has been studied …

Light‐Driven Alcohol Splitting by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis: Recent Advances, Mechanism and Prospects

Z Chai - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Splitting of alcohols into hydrogen and corresponding carbonyl compounds, also called
acceptorless alcohol dehydrogenation, is of great significance for both synthetic chemistry …