Open AccessHydrogen Production Through Water Splitting Reaction Using Titanium Dioxide (Tio2) Nanotubes Photocatalyst
Author(s) -
Mohdhasmizamrazali,
Nurarifah Ismail,
Khairulanuar Mat Amin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i2.23.15332
Subject(s) - anatase , photocatalysis , hydrogen production , titanium dioxide , materials science , water splitting , chemical engineering , hydrogen , titanium , hydrothermal circulation , nanotube , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , hydrothermal synthesis , catalysis , chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , carbon nanotube , organic chemistry , engineering
Nowadays, the most ideal process for hydrogen production is to use water as a hydrogen source through water splitting reaction with the present of the titanium dioxide photocatalysts. Titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO2-NT’s) was synthesized using facile hydrothermal method. TEM micrograph shows that the synthesized TiO2-NT’s had tubular structure with “hair-like” nanoscopic filaments with large specific surface area, which is needed to be a high performance photocatalyst. The saiz of nanotube are 4 nm and 10 nm for inner and outer diameters, respectively. Meanwhile, their surface area was found to be 226.52 m2/g. XRD pattern revealed that the phase structure of synthesized TiO2-NT’s was anatase TiO2. Synthesized TiO2-NT’s was tested for hydrogen gas production managed to produce 80 µmol after 5 hours reaction.