Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

• Main Authors: Ottone, Carminna (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hernández, Simelys (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Armandi, Marco (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bonelli, Barbara (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: PoliTO Springer Series,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Force and energy.; Catalysis.; Renewable energy resources.; Electrochemistry.; Energy Materials.; Renewable and Green Energy.

This book offers comprehensive information on the main techniques for measuring water-oxidation-catalyst (WOC) performance, with a particular focus on the combined use of sacrificial oxidants and dyes within closed-batch reactors. It provides an overview of the latest advances in the synthesis of mo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the Water Splitting Reaction
• Steps towards a Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Sunlight and Water
• Sacrificial Oxidants as a means to study the Catalytic Activity of Water Oxidation Catalysts
• Use of the Bubbling Reactor with the Ru(bpy)32+/S2O82- photosystem for measuring the rate of water oxidation as promoted by different manganese oxides
• Electrochemical Measurements as Screening Method for Water Oxidation Catalyst
• Scaling Up the Process of Photo-electrochemical Water Splitting
• Conclusions.