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Enhanced hydrogen generation by alcohols photoreforming using soluble cobalt phthalocyanine and ascorbic acid under ultrasonic treatment

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This work reports the hydrogen production by homogeneous photoreforming assisted with ascorbic acid and ultrasound using a theraphthal, a water-soluble cobalt phthalocyanine salt. The homogeneous reactions were evaluated using mixtures of ethanol–water and isopropanol–water (50/50 v/v) under UV irradiation. A linear production of hydrogen through time was observed, showing higher generation using ethanol. The hydrogen amount keeps stable during three cycles of irradiation (~ 32 µmol). The H2 production is doubled with the combinative use of sonochemistry and UV irradiation, being related to the synergy effect between sonolytic and photolytic combined effects. Oxygen evolution in similar amounts was also observed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank CONACYT and UANL for financial support for this research through the following Projects: Cátedras CONACYT 1060, CONACYT-FC-1725, Paradigmas y Fronteras de la Ciencia 320379, PAICYT 2021 IT1766-21, PAICYT 342-CE-2022, and PAICYT 275-CE-2022.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad, Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Oxana V. Kharissova

  2. Departamento de Ecomateriales y Energía, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ciudad Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Luis F. Garay-Rodríguez & Edith Luevano Hipólito

  3. Departamento de Ecomateriales y Energía, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, CONACYT-Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Ciudad Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

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  4. Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S. C. (CIMAV), Miguel de Cervantes 120 Complejo Ind. Chihuahua, 31136, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

    Leticia M. Torres Martínez

  5. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad, Cd. Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico

    Boris I. Kharisov

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Kharissova, O.V., Garay-Rodríguez, L.F., Luevano Hipólito, E. et al. Enhanced hydrogen generation by alcohols photoreforming using soluble cobalt phthalocyanine and ascorbic acid under ultrasonic treatment. MRS Communications 13, 1203–1208 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00424-4

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