Recent Advances in First‐Row Transition Metal Clusters for Photocatalytic Water Splitting

ChemPhotoChem ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Chen ◽  
Zhi‐Hao Yan ◽  
Xiang‐Jian Kong
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Metal Clusters ◽  
Transition Metal Clusters ◽  
Photocatalytic Water Splitting ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Recent Achievements in Development of TiO2-Based Composite Photocatalytic Materials for Solar Driven Water Purification and Water Splitting

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klara Perović ◽  
Francis M. dela Rosa ◽  
Marin Kovačić ◽  
Hrvoje Kušić ◽  
Urška Lavrenčič Štangar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Photocatalytic Degradation ◽  
Water Splitting ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Degradation Mechanism ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Metal Chalcogenides ◽  
Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Clean water and the increased use of renewable energy are considered to be two of the main goals in the effort to achieve a sustainable living environment. The fulfillment of these goals may include the use of solar-driven photocatalytic processes that are found to be quite effective in water purification, as well as hydrogen generation. H2 production by water splitting and photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water both rely on the formation of electron/hole (e−/h+) pairs at a semiconducting material upon its excitation by light with sufficient photon energy. Most of the photocatalytic studies involve the use of TiO2 and well-suited model compounds, either as sacrificial agents or pollutants. However, the wider application of this technology requires the harvesting of a broader spectrum of solar irradiation and the suppression of the recombination of photogenerated charge carriers. These limitations can be overcome by the use of different strategies, among which the focus is put on the creation of heterojunctions with another narrow bandgap semiconductor, which can provide high response in the visible light region. In this review paper, we report the most recent advances in the application of TiO2 based heterojunction (semiconductor-semiconductor) composites for photocatalytic water treatment and water splitting. This review article is subdivided into two major parts, namely Photocatalytic water treatment and Photocatalytic water splitting, to give a thorough examination of all achieved progress. The first part provides an overview on photocatalytic degradation mechanism principles, followed by the most recent applications for photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC), such as pharmaceuticals and pesticides with a critical insight into removal mechanism, while the second part focuses on fabrication of TiO2-based heterojunctions with carbon-based materials, transition metal oxides, transition metal chalcogenides, and multiple composites that were made of three or more semiconductor materials for photocatalytic water splitting.

Competitive adsorption of phenol and toluene onto silica-supported transition metal clusters for biofuel purification

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saber Gueddida ◽  
Michael Badawi ◽  
Tejraj Aminabhavi ◽  
Sébastien Lebègue
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Competitive Adsorption ◽  
Metal Clusters ◽  
Hydrocarbon Fuel ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Transition Metal Clusters ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Toxic Gas

Biomass-based renewable hydrocarbon fuel is a complex mix that contains many oxygenating substances, in particular phenolics, which leads to adverse consequences such as reduced engine energy performance and increased toxic gas emissions.

Soluble lanthanide-transition-metal clusters Ln36Co12 as effective molecular electrocatalysts for water oxidation

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (29) ◽  
pp. 3611-3614
Author(s):  
Rong Chen ◽  
Chao-Long Chen ◽  
Ming-Hao Du ◽  
Xing Wang ◽  
Cheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Transition Metals ◽  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Water Oxidation ◽  
Metal Clusters ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Transition Metal Clusters ◽  
Oxidation Activity ◽  
Acidic Conditions ◽  
Effective Water

The stable 48-metal Ln36Co12 clusters show an effective water oxidation activity under weak acidic conditions because of the synergistic effect between lanthanide and transition metals in O–O bond formation.

Magnetic properties of free alkali and transition metal clusters

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 241-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Heer ◽  
P. Milani ◽  
A. Ch�telain
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Clusters ◽  
Free Alkali ◽  
Transition Metal Clusters
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