H2 production from a water-acetonitrile mixed solution containing iodide electron donor was investigated over dye-sensitized Pt/TiO2 photocatalysts under visible light irradiation, as a part of water splitting system using iodide redox mediator. The rates of H2 evolution were decreased with the increase of the water ratio in the mixed solutions, because of the decrease in energy gap between the redox potential of I3−/I− and the HOMO levels of the dyes, which lowing the efficiency of electron transfer from I− to dye.

Volume Subject Area:
Solar Chemistry and Bioconversion
Keywords:
Solar hydrogen production, Water splitting, Visible light, Photocatalysts, dye-sensitization
Topics:
Irradiation (Radiation exposure), Light, Visible spectrum, Water
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