TY - JOUR

T1 - Tuning the photocatalytic hydrogen production via co-catalyst engineering

AU - Nazir, Muhammad

AU - Najam, Tayyaba

AU - Altaf, Muhammad

AU - Ahmad, Khalil

AU - Hossain, Ismail

AU - Assiri, Mohammed Ali

AU - Javed, Muhammad

AU - Ur Rehman, Aziz

AU - Shah, Syed

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - Recognizing the hydrogen economy to address the environmental and energy problems of the world may depend critically on the development of sustainable hydrogen generating techniques. Due to its environmentally friendly and affordable benefits, photocatalytic water splitting is preferred and emerging technique. To obtain the desired photocatalytic results, active, reliable, and affordable photo-/catalysts must be developed. In this scenario, co-catalysts provide a satisfactory solution to significantly improve photocatalytic performance. This review highlights current developments in co-catalyst research and development that have a substantial bearing on the catalytic activity and selectivity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). It offers in-depth knowledge on the production of co-catalysts for HER and acts as a broad roadmap to speed up the creation of extremely effective HER photocatalysts. Various factors affecting the performance of co-catalysts for HER were also discussed in details. Moreover, the logical design and synthesis of novel materials for extremely effective photocatalysis are made possible by this review. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

AB - Recognizing the hydrogen economy to address the environmental and energy problems of the world may depend critically on the development of sustainable hydrogen generating techniques. Due to its environmentally friendly and affordable benefits, photocatalytic water splitting is preferred and emerging technique. To obtain the desired photocatalytic results, active, reliable, and affordable photo-/catalysts must be developed. In this scenario, co-catalysts provide a satisfactory solution to significantly improve photocatalytic performance. This review highlights current developments in co-catalyst research and development that have a substantial bearing on the catalytic activity and selectivity of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). It offers in-depth knowledge on the production of co-catalysts for HER and acts as a broad roadmap to speed up the creation of extremely effective HER photocatalysts. Various factors affecting the performance of co-catalysts for HER were also discussed in details. Moreover, the logical design and synthesis of novel materials for extremely effective photocatalysis are made possible by this review. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174378

DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174378

M3 - Article

VL - 990

JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds

JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds

SN - 0925-8388

M1 - 174378

ER -