Harnessing power from sea water using nano material as photocatalyst and solar energy as light source: the role of hydrocarbon as dual agent. (28th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeepanPrakash, D.; Premnath, V.; Raghu, C.; Vishnukumar, S.; Jayanthi, S.S.; Easwaramoorthy, D.
• Is Part Of: International journal of energy research. Volume 38:Number 2(2014:Feb.)
• Page Start: 249
• Page End: 253
• Publication Date: 2013-02-28
• Subjects: Power resources -- Periodicals; Power (Mechanics) -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Research -- Periodicals; 621.042
• DOI: 10.1002/er.3017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-907X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>SUMMARY</title> <p>The splitting of water in the presence of ordinary and nano TiO₂ was carried out using hydrocarbon as a dual agent and solar energy as a light source for these experiments. The hydrogen gas evolved was tested and measured using downward displacement of water. The observed results show that more hydrogen was evolved when nano TiO₂ was used as catalyst due to the larger surface area of the nano material. The splitting of sea water yields more hydrogen compared with ordinary water due to the presence of electron donating sodium ions in water. The added hydrocarbon plays a dual role as electron donor and as a trapping agent, which enhances the production of hydrogen to a greater extent compared with the regular donors such as olefin. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>