The photocatalytic production of H2 from water splitting was demonstrated on Ni/NiO/KNbO3/CdS nanocomposites using visible light irradiation at wavelengths >400 nm in the presence of isopropanol. The inherent photocatalytic activity of bulk-phase CdS was enhanced by combining Q-sized CdS with KNbO3 and Ni deposited on KNbO3. Enhanced activity is most likely due to effective charge separation of...

HKUST-1 nanocrystals (50–80 nm) were homogeneously dispersed in a polyetherimide (PEI) polymer matrix. The use of capping agent (sodium formate) prevented the agglomeration casting solution. highly found to strengthen interactions with PEI and minimize interfacial holes by providing more accessible Cu unsaturated metal sites for CO bonds on five-membered rings membrane loaded 30 wt % (30-N-HKUS...

We found that plasmonic Au particles on titanium(iv) oxide (TiO2) act as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst for overall water splitting free from any additives. This is the first report showing that surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in a suspension system effectively induces overall water splitting. Modification with various types of metal nanoparticles as co-catalysts enhanced the evolution of...

Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) are a strong alternative to the conventional polymeric which suffer from trade-off between selectivity and gas permeability. Considering existence of large number metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) polymers, computational screening MOF/polymer MMMs is strongly desired explore their upper limits in various separation processes before experimental efforts. In this work,...

Screening of hypothetical covalent organic framework (hypoCOF) database enables to go beyond the current synthesized structures design high-performance materials for CO2 separation. In this work, we followed a structurally guided computational screening approach find most promising candidates hypoCOF adsorbents and membranes capture H2 purification. Grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation...

This work reports the remarkable effect of reversible gas molecular sieving for high temperature gas separation from cobalt doped ethoxy polysiloxane (CoES40) membranes. This effect stemmed from alternating the reducing and oxidising (redox) state of the cobalt particles embedded in the ES40 matrix. The reduced membranes gave the best H2 permeances of 1 × 10(-6) mol m(-2) s(-1) Pa(-1) and H2/N2...

A series of Ni@g-C3N4 composites were synthesized by a simple solvent thermal method using melamine and acetylacetone nickel as precursors. The results of X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy indicate that Ni was successfully loaded on g-C3N4. And the Ni loaded greatly enhances the photocatalytic H2 evolution activity of g-C3N4...

Nuclear spin isomers were discovered in the late 1920s when ortho and para H2 were separated by deep cooling of hydrogen gas. This technique was successful because of extremely large gap between the ortho and para states in H2. Investigations of heavier isomers were not possible to perform until recently because of the lack of appropriate enrichment methods. First separation of heavy molecules ...

Nanodiamonds (ND) were found to generate hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) from water at a remarkable rate under pulsed laser (532 nm) irradiation. The transformation of diamond structure into graphitic layers takes place to form an onion-like carbon structure. The CO generation suggests the oxidative degradation reaction of graphitic layers, C + H2O → CO + 2H(+) + 2e(-), which produced a ...

Future large-scale production of H2 for use as a clean fuel will likely depend upon gasifying coal or biomass followed by steam reforming the resulting gas mixture and separating the CO2 byproduct. The process of steam reforming and CO2 separation can be greatly simplified by utilizing a new material that combines a reforming catalyst with a sorbent for CO2. Such a material was prepared in the ...