Tuning the co-catalyst loading for the optimization of thermo-photocatalytic hydrogen production over Cu/TiO2

We have optimized the H production by methanol thermo-photocatalytic reforming in the gas phase using Cu/TiO catalyst by tuning metal loading. Metal co-catalyst has been deposited by means of chemical reduction deposition. We have stated that thermo- and thermo-photocatalytic process leads to a nota...

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Autores: Platero, F., Caballero, Alfonso, Colón, Gerardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/365290
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/365290
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Thermo-photocatalysis
Gas-phase
Hydrogen
Cu-TiO2
Water-gas-shift
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Sumario:We have optimized the H production by methanol thermo-photocatalytic reforming in the gas phase using Cu/TiO catalyst by tuning metal loading. Metal co-catalyst has been deposited by means of chemical reduction deposition. We have stated that thermo- and thermo-photocatalytic process leads to a notable H production at 200 ºC. By in-situ FTIR studies we evidenced that formate formation follows a different evolution depending on the reforming experiment. These surface formate would lead to CO formation through dehydration reaction. At higher Cu content the low CO selectivity denote that water-gas-shift reaction would predominate and exalt H yield. Thus, different optimum Cu content is found for each reforming experiment. While for the photocatalytic reforming Cu/TiO (2 wt%) is the best catalyst of the series, we should increase the Cu content to Cu/TiO (5 wt%) to achieve the optimum performance for thermo-photocatalytic reforming of methanol.