Systematic study of H2 production from catalytic photoreforming of cellulose over Pt catalysts supported on TiO2

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2020.03.030

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 2084-2091.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.03.030

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Systematic study of H₂ production from catalytic photoreforming of cellulose over Pt catalysts supported on TiO₂

Lan Lan¹, Yan Shao^1,2, Yilai Jiao³, Rongxin Zhang¹, Christopher Hardacre¹, Xiaolei Fan¹

1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;
2 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 52920, China;
3 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

Received:2020-02-01 Revised:2020-03-19 Online:2020-09-19 Published:2020-08-28
Contact: Christopher Hardacre, Xiaolei Fan
Supported by:
LL thanks the China Scholarship Council (CSC, file no. 201706950035)-University of Manchester joint studentship for supporting her PhD research. YS thanks the CSC for her academic visiting fellowship at The University of Manchester (file no. 201708440477) and the Foundation of Department of Education of Guangdong Province (No. 2017KZDXM085, 2018KZDXM070).

Systematic study of H₂ production from catalytic photoreforming of cellulose over Pt catalysts supported on TiO₂

Lan Lan¹, Yan Shao^1,2, Yilai Jiao³, Rongxin Zhang¹, Christopher Hardacre¹, Xiaolei Fan¹

1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom;
2 School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 52920, China;
3 Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

通讯作者: Christopher Hardacre, Xiaolei Fan
基金资助:
LL thanks the China Scholarship Council (CSC, file no. 201706950035)-University of Manchester joint studentship for supporting her PhD research. YS thanks the CSC for her academic visiting fellowship at The University of Manchester (file no. 201708440477) and the Foundation of Department of Education of Guangdong Province (No. 2017KZDXM085, 2018KZDXM070).

Abstract

Abstract: Hydrogen (H₂) production from photocatalytic reforming of cellulose is a promising way for sustainable H₂ to be generated. Herein, we report a systematic study of the photocatalytic reforming of cellulose over Pt/m-TiO₂ (i.e. mixed TiO₂, 80% of anatase and 20% of rutile) catalysts in water. The optimum operation condition was established by studying the effect of Pt loading, catalyst concentration, cellulose concentration and reaction temperature on the gas production rate of H₂ (r_H₂) and CO₂ (r_CO₂), suggesting an optimum operation condition at 40 ℃ with 1.0 g·L^-1 of cellulose and 0.75 g·L^-1 of 0.16-Pt/m-TiO₂ catalyst (with 0.16 wt% Pt loadting) to achieve a relatively sound photocatalytic performance with rH₂ = 9.95 μmol·h^-1. It is also shown that although the photoreforming of cellulose was operated at a relatively mild condition (i.e. with an UV-A lamp irradiation at 40 ℃ in the aqueous system), a low loading of Pt at ~0.16 wt% on m-TiO₂ could promote the H₂ production effectively. Additionally, by comparing the reaction order expressed from both r_H₂ (a₁) and rCO₂ (a₂) with respect to cellulose and water, the possible mechanism of H₂ production was proposed.

Key words: Hydrogen (H₂) production, Catalytic photoreforming, Cellulose, Kinetics, Titanium dioxide (TiO₂)

摘要： Hydrogen (H₂) production from photocatalytic reforming of cellulose is a promising way for sustainable H₂ to be generated. Herein, we report a systematic study of the photocatalytic reforming of cellulose over Pt/m-TiO₂ (i.e. mixed TiO₂, 80% of anatase and 20% of rutile) catalysts in water. The optimum operation condition was established by studying the effect of Pt loading, catalyst concentration, cellulose concentration and reaction temperature on the gas production rate of H₂ (r_H₂) and CO₂ (r_CO₂), suggesting an optimum operation condition at 40 ℃ with 1.0 g·L^-1 of cellulose and 0.75 g·L^-1 of 0.16-Pt/m-TiO₂ catalyst (with 0.16 wt% Pt loadting) to achieve a relatively sound photocatalytic performance with rH₂ = 9.95 μmol·h^-1. It is also shown that although the photoreforming of cellulose was operated at a relatively mild condition (i.e. with an UV-A lamp irradiation at 40 ℃ in the aqueous system), a low loading of Pt at ~0.16 wt% on m-TiO₂ could promote the H₂ production effectively. Additionally, by comparing the reaction order expressed from both r_H₂ (a₁) and rCO₂ (a₂) with respect to cellulose and water, the possible mechanism of H₂ production was proposed.

关键词: Hydrogen (H₂) production, Catalytic photoreforming, Cellulose, Kinetics, Titanium dioxide (TiO₂)

Lan Lan, Yan Shao, Yilai Jiao, Rongxin Zhang, Christopher Hardacre, Xiaolei Fan. Systematic study of H₂ production from catalytic photoreforming of cellulose over Pt catalysts supported on TiO₂[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28(8): 2084-2091.

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