Green H2 Production from Water and Bioalcohols by Full Solar Spectrum in a Flow Reactor
Grant Data
Project Title
Green H2 Production from Water and Bioalcohols by Full Solar Spectrum in a Flow Reactor
Principal Investigator
Professor Guo, Zheng Xiao
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Boerrigter Marcel
(Principal investigator)
Professor Phillips David Lee
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
18
Start Date
2024-04-01
Amount
2154472
Conference Title
Green H2 Production from Water and Bioalcohols by Full Solar Spectrum in a Flow Reactor
Keywords
Photocatalysis, H2 production, Bioalcohol conversion, Full solar spectrum, Flow reactor
Discipline
Chemical EngineeringChemical Sciences
Panel
Physical Sciences (P)
HKU Project Code
E-HKU701/23
Grant Type
European Union (EU) – Hong Kong Research Cooperation Co-funding Mechanism by the RGC 2023/24
Funding Year
2023
Status
On-going
Objectives
1. Exploration of the band position and redox potential and conduction / valence band coupling with bandgap energy to provide the electrons transfer pathway and photocatalytic sites for bio-C2H5OH to H2;2. Transient absorption / fluorescence spectroscopy probing the dynamic decay in Z-scheme based polymer photocatalysts to figure out the interfacial electrons / holes trapping processes and active species lifetimes;3. Structural changes of atomic sites or functional groups in real time from time-resolved Raman spectroscopy;4. Knowledge and data of intermediates and transition state energetics of important reaction pathways from bio-C2H5OH to H2 generation and coproduction of acetic acid.