Recent Developments in Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Photocatalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 540
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced oxidation processes; kinetic growth; biomass growth; industrial and urban wastewater; contaminant removal; wastewater treatment; clean technologies; sustainability and regeneration of wastewater; circular economy
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Interests: photocatalytic water splitting; photocatalytic hydrogen production; photocatalytic reduction of CO2; photocatalytic synthesis of organic chemicals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen continues to gain traction as a versatile energy carrier with the potential to decarbonize various sectors due to its high energy density (120 MJ/kg) and green and pollution-free combustion products. The International Energy Agency’s Global Hydrogen Review 2024 indicated that global hydrogen demand reached 97 Mt in 2023, an increase of 2.5% compared to 2022. Despite the challenges, significant investments and technological advances are driving progress in this area. The technologies used for hydrogen production can be broadly classified into thermal, electrochemical, biological, and photonic (light-driven) methods. In particular, photocatalytic techniques have garnered widespread interest, and photocatalytic hydrogen production is advancing rapidly thanks to innovations in materials science.
For this Special Issue, authors are invited to submit original research articles or reviews that emphasize the potential for scalable and sustainable hydrogen production.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Photocatalytic water splitting.
- The photoreforming of organics.
- Photothermal water splitting.
- Photoelectrochemical water splitting.
- Hybrid approaches.
Prof. Dr. Gassan Hodaifa
Dr. Xinhe Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen production
- photocatalytic reaction
- reforming reaction
- catalysts
- solar energy
- novel materials
- hybrid technologies
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