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Photohydrogen Production Using Tandem Cell

Today, hydrogen is primarily used as a chemical feedstock in the petrochemical, food, electronics, and metallurgical processing industries. It is also rapidly emerging as a major component in clean sustainable energy systems. Although hydrogen is considered clean energy, its most practiced produc...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nasir, Abdullah Yasin
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2010
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
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spelling	my-utp-utpedia.107932014-01-08T08:46:07Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10793/ Photohydrogen Production Using Tandem Cell Mohd Nasir, Abdullah Yasin TP Chemical technology Today, hydrogen is primarily used as a chemical feedstock in the petrochemical, food, electronics, and metallurgical processing industries. It is also rapidly emerging as a major component in clean sustainable energy systems. Although hydrogen is considered clean energy, its most practiced production method, steam reforming of natural gas releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, promoting the greenhouse effect and global warming. Among the alternative methods of production that scientists are delving into are photocatalytic reactions. However, the efficiency and availability of photocatalysts which can be activated by the solar spectrum or reduced sunlight conditions is limited. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate and develop the process of photohydrogen production using tandem cell in order to allow improved absorption of the visible region of sunlight. Two types of photocatalysts, copper-doped and iron-doped titania are used in this experiment, each with three different weight loadings. The photocatalysts were prepared using precipitation method. After preparation, the photocatalysts are characterized using the Diffuse Reflectance UV-Vis (DRS), the X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and the Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) Spectra. The results of these analyses are included in the report. The tandem cell is constructed and reaction studies using the photocatalysts and the tandem cell are conducted. The reaction studies are done to observe the amount of hydrogen produced from distilled water and seawater, and to see the performance of each photocatalyst in comparison with the tandem cell setup. From the reaction studies, 5wt% Cu-Ti02 and 1.5wt% Fe-Ti02 are found to exhibit the best performance and are used in comparison with the tandem cell setup. Upon comparison, it is found that although the tandem cell falls short of the copper doped catalyst in terms of hydrogen production, it exceeds the performance of the ferum doped catalyst significantly. It can be concluded that the tandem cell is applicable in photohydrogen production, thus the project objective is achieved. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2010-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10793/1/2010%20-%20Transesterification%20of%20Castor%20Oil%20to%20Biodiesel%20By%20Using%20Mg-Al%20Hydrotalcites%20as%20a%20Catalyst.pdf Mohd Nasir, Abdullah Yasin (2010) Photohydrogen Production Using Tandem Cell. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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description	Today, hydrogen is primarily used as a chemical feedstock in the petrochemical, food, electronics, and metallurgical processing industries. It is also rapidly emerging as a major component in clean sustainable energy systems. Although hydrogen is considered clean energy, its most practiced production method, steam reforming of natural gas releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, promoting the greenhouse effect and global warming. Among the alternative methods of production that scientists are delving into are photocatalytic reactions. However, the efficiency and availability of photocatalysts which can be activated by the solar spectrum or reduced sunlight conditions is limited. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate and develop the process of photohydrogen production using tandem cell in order to allow improved absorption of the visible region of sunlight. Two types of photocatalysts, copper-doped and iron-doped titania are used in this experiment, each with three different weight loadings. The photocatalysts were prepared using precipitation method. After preparation, the photocatalysts are characterized using the Diffuse Reflectance UV-Vis (DRS), the X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) and the Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) Spectra. The results of these analyses are included in the report. The tandem cell is constructed and reaction studies using the photocatalysts and the tandem cell are conducted. The reaction studies are done to observe the amount of hydrogen produced from distilled water and seawater, and to see the performance of each photocatalyst in comparison with the tandem cell setup. From the reaction studies, 5wt% Cu-Ti02 and 1.5wt% Fe-Ti02 are found to exhibit the best performance and are used in comparison with the tandem cell setup. Upon comparison, it is found that although the tandem cell falls short of the copper doped catalyst in terms of hydrogen production, it exceeds the performance of the ferum doped catalyst significantly. It can be concluded that the tandem cell is applicable in photohydrogen production, thus the project objective is achieved.
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author	Mohd Nasir, Abdullah Yasin
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title	Photohydrogen Production Using Tandem Cell
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