Hydrogen generation by photocatalytic reforming of potential biofuels: polyols, cyclic alcohols and saccharides

Kennedy, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-6392, Bahruji, Hasliza, Bowker, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5075-1089, Davies, Philip Rosser ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4394-766X, Bouleghlimat, Emir and Issarapanacheewin, Sudarat 2018. Hydrogen generation by photocatalytic reforming of potential biofuels: polyols, cyclic alcohols and saccharides. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 356 , pp. 451-456. 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.01.031

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Abstract

We have studied hydrogen gas production using photocatalysis from C2-C5 carbon chain polyols, cyclic alcohols and mono and di-saccharides using palladium nanoparticles supported on a TiO2 catalyst. For many of the polyols the hydrogen evolution rate is found to be dictated by the number of hydroxyl groups and available α-hydrogens in the structure. However the rule only applies to polyols and cyclic alcohols, while the sugar activity is limited by the bulky structure of those molecules. There was also evidence of ring opening in photocatalytic reforming of cyclic alcohols that involved dehydrogenation and decarbonylation of α Csingle bondC bond.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1010-6030
Funders:	EPSRC and European Commission
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 February 2018
Date of Acceptance:	22 January 2018
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2024 17:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/109111

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