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Steps Towards a Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Sunlight and Water

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Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

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This chapter focuses on some aspects concerning the realization of an actually sustainable H2 production, and especially the need for earth abundant, environmental friendly, solar driven heterogeneous catalysis for the Water Oxidation reaction: the catalyst shall be thermodynamically and mechanically stable to allow cyclic long-term operations. The focus will be mainly on Mn- and Co-compounds, though reference will be made to other compounds, when appropriate.

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  1. School of Biochemical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

    Carminna Ottone

  2. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Simelys Hernández

  3. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Marco Armandi

  4. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Barbara Bonelli

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Ottone, C., Hernández, S., Armandi, M., Bonelli, B. (2019). Steps Towards a Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Sunlight and Water. In: Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production. PoliTO Springer Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12712-1_2

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