Laser induced photocatalytic splitting of water over WO3 catalyst

M. A. Gondal; A. Hameed; Z. H. Yamani

doi:10.1080/00908310490479574

Laser induced photocatalytic splitting of water over WO₃ catalyst

M. A. Gondal^*
, A. Hameed
, Z. H. Yamani

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The photocatalytic activity of WO₃ semiconductor powder for water splitting into H₂ and O₂ was studied. Instead of conventional broad spectrum light sources like lamps, monochromatic laser radiations in the UV region (λ, = 355 nm) were used as the light source for the study of photocatalytic water splitting over WO₃. An alternate route based upon the photo-chromic properties of WO₃ for the production of hydrogen was suggested. The effect of dissolved metal ions on H₂ and O₂ yield in the presence of various metal ions was also investigated. The effect of the hole-capture agent on H₂ and O₂ yield was also studied by using methanol as a hole-capture agent. The data on pH measurements during the course of reaction was found very useful in explaining the reaction mechanism in general, and metal ions action in particular. Copynght

Original language	English
Pages	1151-1165
Number of pages	15
Volume	27
No	12
Specialist publication	Energy Sources
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00908310490479574
State	Published - Sep 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Received 28 October 2003; accepted 17 December 2003. The support by the Research Institute, Physics and Chemistry Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is gratefully acknowledged. This work is part of the Sabic Project #2002/01 funded by Saudi Basic Industries though university research committee of KFUPM. Address correspondence to M. A. Gondal, Laser Research Laboratory, Physics Department, KFUPM Box 372, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords

Clean fuels
Hydrogen
Lasers
Oxygen
Photocatalysis
WO
Water splitting

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General Chemical Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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