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Nanomaterials: Recent Advances for Hydrogen Production

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The increment in global energy requirement and the consequences associated with the global warming due to emissions of greenhouse gases derived of fossil fuels have promoted the development of newly alternative energy sources, characterized by being clean and friendly to the environment. In this respect, hydrogen plays an important role in the generation of both renewable and clean energy. Currently, nanotechnology shows an important role in the design of nanomaterials to produce renewable energy. Nanomaterials have attracted great interest in recent years, due to their unusually mechanical, electrical, electronic, optical, magnetic, and surface properties. These attributes have had significant implication in the production, storage, and utilization of energy. This article focuses an overview of nanomaterials that have been designed for the production, storage, and use of hydrogen. The topics include, among other, nanomaterials for both photocatalytic (PC) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, solid-state hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).

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Abbreviations

AC:

Activated carbon

CB:

Conduction band

CNF:

Carbon nanofiber

EB:

Emeraldine base

HER:

Hydrogen evolution reaction

ICPs:

Intrinsically conducting polymers

LB:

Leucoemeraldine base

MOF:

Metal organic framework

MWCNT:

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes

NHE:

Normal hydrogen electrode

NR:

Nanorod

NT:

Nanotube

NW:

Nanowires

ORR:

Oxygen reduction reaction

PA:

Poly-acetylene

PANI:

Polyaniline

PB:

Pernigraniline base

PC:

Photocatalytic

PEC:

Photoelectrocatalytic

PEMFC:

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

PPP:

Poly(p-pheneylene)

PPV:

Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)

PPY:

Polypyrrole

PTh:

Polythiophene

STH:

Solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies

SWCNT:

Single-walled carbon nanotubes

VB:

Valence band

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  1. Department of Advanced Ceramic Materials and Energy, School of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

    Elsa Nadia Aguilera González

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    Sofía Estrada-Flores & Antonia Martínez-Luévanos

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Aguilera González, E.N., Estrada-Flores, S., Martínez-Luévanos, A. (2021). Nanomaterials: Recent Advances for Hydrogen Production. In: Kharissova, O.V., Torres-Martínez, L.M., Kharisov, B.I. (eds) Handbook of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36268-3_33

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