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Photocatalytic reforming of biomass-derived feedstock to hydrogen production

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Worldwide energy and environmental issues are forcing researchers to develop a green approach to produce a clean energy. However, traditional methods in reforming of fossil fuels to produce hydrogen (H2) are causing CO2 emission. Hydrogen is therefore an indirect greenhouse gas with a global warming potential. Hydrogen with high specific energy density can be considered as an efficient energy carrier as compared to fossil fuels. But hydrogen production from water splitting reaction has low efficiency, which limits its generation by green approach. For addressing this issue, different chemical hole scavengers have been applied, which is causing further environmental and economic problems. By using biomass as a hole scavenger to improve rate of H2 generation, environmental pollution can be controlled and value-added chemicals can be produced via its oxidation reaction. In this mini review, the effect of different influencing factors such as type of biomass feedstock, irradiation wavelength and intensity, and nature and function of applied photocatalysts in particular their structural/dimensional on the biomass photocatalytic reforming process to produce clean hydrogen will be discussed. Moreover, the fundamental principles of this process including kinetics and mechanism of the reaction will be also addressed.

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The authors would like to thank the Research Council of the Sharif University of Technology for supporting this project. The financial support of the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) through Research Projects No. 99015313 and 940009 is highly appreciated.

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    Anise Akhundi, Nasrin Abdollahi & Alireza Moshfegh

  2. Department of Nanotechnology, Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO), Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj, 3135933151, Iran

    Amene Naseri

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

    Morasae Samadi

  4. Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Avenue, Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Moshfegh

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Akhundi, A., Naseri, A., Abdollahi, N. et al. Photocatalytic reforming of biomass-derived feedstock to hydrogen production. Res Chem Intermed 48, 1793–1811 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-022-04693-x

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