With growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion, hydrogen is widely recognized as a clean energy carrier with high energy density, but its storage and transport remain major challenges. As an alternative, formic acid has gained attention as a promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier due to its stability, non-toxicity, and ease of handling.
As an alternative, formic acid has gained attention as a promising liquid organic hydrogen carrier due to its stability, non-toxicity, and ease of handling. Among various hydrogen release strategies, photocatalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid offers a sustainable route by utilizing sunlight under mild conditions via heterogeneous catalysis.
Explores formic acid as a viable liquid hydrogen carrier and outlines the need for clean hydrogen production. Offers the first structured timeline mapping key milestones in photocatalytic FAD. Provides a clear mechanistic classification of photocatalytic FAD into LSPR, semiconductor, and heterojunction-driven systems.
In this review, we provide a comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on recent advances in photocatalytic formic acid dehydrogenation (FAD), with a unique classification into three core systems: plasmonic nanomaterial-based, semiconductor-based, and hybrid heterojunction-based photocatalysts, shifting focus from conventional material listings.
With growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion, hydrogen is widely recognized as a clean energy carrier with high energy density, but its storage and transport remain major challenges. As an alternative,
The objective of this work is to propose an integrated system for formic acid synthesis via photovoltaic (PV) assisted-chloralkali process and clean power generation by the fuel cell. The initial step is
Sunlight driven formic acid decomposition has great potential to supply high-purity H2 without consuming fossil fuel-derived energy. However, a trace amount of CO invariably exists in the obtained H2 and the H2
A concept of combining photocatalytically generated hydrogen with green enzymatic reductions is demonstrated. The developed photocatalytic formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation setup based on Pt (x)@TiO 2
This solar heating catalytic model offers a fossil-energy-free way to practicalize the generation of H 2 from FA under solar irradiation. Cited by Solar heating catalytic formic acid dehydrogenation by
Formic acid (FA) is a promising candidate as a hydrogen storage material due to its merits of high hydrogen volumetric content, low cost, ready availability, high safety, and reversibility. Solar energy is
T1 - Formic acid synthesis and utilization for solar energy storage through solar-driven chloralkali process and fuel cells N2 - The objective of this work is to propose an integrated system for formic acid
Solar-driven formic acid-mediated hydrogen storage-production cycle is a promising path for the development of hydrogen energy. However, the heat-driven formic acid dehydrogenation currently used
Photo-biocatalyst coupled systems offer a promising approach for converting solar energy into valuable fuels. The bio-integrated photocatalytic system sets a research benchmark by utilizing green energy for formic acid
In future work,we will consider producing formic acidby utilizing a photovoltaic system to produce energy for PV-chloralkali and the formic acid process and applying heat integration scenarios to be able to determine the
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