Producing hydrogen by water splitting

Informacje na temat projektu

watersplit

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 764203

DOI

10.3030/764203

Projekt został zamknięty

Data podpisania przez KE 14 Czerwca 2017

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Lipca 2017

Data zakończenia 31 Grudnia 2018

Finansowanie w ramach

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Koszt całkowity

€ 150 000,00

Wkład UE

€ 150 000,00

Koordynowany przez

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Israel

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - watersplit (Producing hydrogen by water splitting)

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2017-07-01 do 2018-12-31

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for generating hydrogen from water. In order to enhance PEC water splitting efficiency, it is essential to inhibit the production of the hydrogen peroxide by-product and to reduce the over-potential required, using an inexpensive catalyst and with high current density. We have shown that coating TiO2 electrodes by chiral molecules or chiral films enhances the hydrogen production and reduces the production of H2O2 by-product. The results indicate a new strategy for designing low-cost earth-abundant catalysts where the advantages of the CISS effect are combined with the large effective area provided by the NPs to promote PEC water splitting with high current density. In addition we developed chiral inorganic catalyst, CuO that showed promising results and enables the production of robust system from hydrogen production.