Volume 59, Issue 8 pp. 762-773
Review

Quantum Dots Based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Xiang-Bing Fan

Xiang-Bing Fan

Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FA United Kingdom

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Shan Yu

Shan Yu

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, No. 8, Xindu Road, Xindu District, Chengdu, 610500 P. R. China

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Bo Hou

Corresponding Author

Bo Hou

Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FA United Kingdom

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Jong Min Kim

Jong Min Kim

Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, 9 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0FA United Kingdom

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First published: 20 May 2019
Citations: 38

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Abstract

Photocatalytic production of hydrogen from water can directly convert solar energy into chemical energy storage, which has significant advantages and great promise. As an emerging photosensitizer, the efficiency of quantum dots (QDs) based artificial photosynthetic system have made breakthroughs. In this review, we will give a summary of the development of QDs based photocatalytic hydrogen evolution in these years. First, we highlight different types of hydrogen evolution catalyst combined with QDs; then we focus on the surface modification and heterostructure formation of QDs to improve the photocatalytic efficiency, respectively. In the end, we will propose some Cd-free QDs and future development of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

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