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WaterWill Be the Coal of the Future—The Untamed Dream of Jules Verne for a Solar Fuel. / Ryabchuk, Vladimir K.; Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav N.; Emeline, Alexei V.; Artem’ev, Yurii M.; Kataeva, Galina V.; Horikoshi, Satoshi; Serpone, Nick.
In: Molecules, Vol. 21, No. 1638, 2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
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T1 - WaterWill Be the Coal of the Future—The Untamed Dream of Jules Verne for a Solar Fuel
AU - Ryabchuk, Vladimir K.
AU - Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav N.
AU - Emeline, Alexei V.
AU - Artem’ev, Yurii M.
AU - Kataeva, Galina V.
AU - Horikoshi, Satoshi
AU - Serpone, Nick
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article evokes the futuristic visions of two giants, one a writer, Jules Verne, who foresaw water as the coal of the future, and the other a scientist, Giacomo Ciamician, who foresaw the utilization of solar energy as an energy source with which to drive photochemical and photocatalytic reactions for the betterment of mankind. Specifically, we examine briefly the early work of the 1960s and 1970s on the photosplitting of free water and water adsorbed on solid supports, based mostly on metal oxides, from which both hydrogen and oxygen evolve in the expected stoichiometric ratio of 2 to 1. The two oil crises of the 1970s (1973 and 1979) spurred the interest of researchers from various disciplines (photochemistry, photo-catalysis and photoelectrochemistry) in search of a Holy Grail photocatalyst, process, or strategy to achieve efficient water splitting so as to provide an energy source alternative to fossil fuels. Some approaches to the photosplitting of water adsorbed on solid insulators (high bandgap mat
AB - This article evokes the futuristic visions of two giants, one a writer, Jules Verne, who foresaw water as the coal of the future, and the other a scientist, Giacomo Ciamician, who foresaw the utilization of solar energy as an energy source with which to drive photochemical and photocatalytic reactions for the betterment of mankind. Specifically, we examine briefly the early work of the 1960s and 1970s on the photosplitting of free water and water adsorbed on solid supports, based mostly on metal oxides, from which both hydrogen and oxygen evolve in the expected stoichiometric ratio of 2 to 1. The two oil crises of the 1970s (1973 and 1979) spurred the interest of researchers from various disciplines (photochemistry, photo-catalysis and photoelectrochemistry) in search of a Holy Grail photocatalyst, process, or strategy to achieve efficient water splitting so as to provide an energy source alternative to fossil fuels. Some approaches to the photosplitting of water adsorbed on solid insulators (high bandgap mat
KW - photosplitting of adsorbed water
KW - solid supports
KW - metal oxides
KW - alkali halides
KW - hydrogen evolution
U2 - 10.3390/molecules21121638
DO - 10.3390/molecules21121638
M3 - Literature review
VL - 21
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
SN - 1420-3049
IS - 1638
ER -
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