Development of solid-catalysts based on semiconductor oxides for the hydrogen production from water splitting

• Grant number: 14/24940-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2017
• End date: January 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Technology
• Principal Investigator: Yvan Jesus Olortiga Asencios
• Grantee: Yvan Jesus Olortiga Asencios
• Host Institution: Instituto de Saúde e Sociedade (ISS). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Baixada Santista. Santos , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Santos
• Associated researchers: André Esteves Nogueira
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/07368-7 - Use of base materials of niobium (Nb2O5) or clay (montmorillonite) or CeO2 for removal of phenol in sea water, BP.TT

Abstract

The preservation of water for human consumption is of great importance for their livelihood in the world. The oil sector deserves special attention regarding to surface water and sea pollution associated with shipping operations, prospecting operations, deep-water exploration and corrosion; losses related are the most devastating. On the other hand, the search for fuels from renewable-sources has been a ceaseless issue of the scientific community, in this context hydrogen is a promising alternative fuel as it has a high calorific value, is of low toxicity, and their use in fuel cell produces only water as a byproduct. The water splitting is an environmentally-friendly, simple and economical way to produce hydrogen, however this process needs of more studies to allow its use in large scale. The photocatalytic processes allow us to integrate these two referred processes through photocatalytic hydrogen production from water; in this process an organic molecule of easy oxidation (in this case the organic contaminant) in aqueous solution serves as a sacrificial agent to produce hydrogen from water and light in the presence of a solid photocatalyst. The catalysts proposed for these processes are based of Pt supported on mixtures of Nb2O5, TiO2 doped with Ce and Zr. It is expected that the results of this project should contribute to the training of human resources, as well as to alternative solutions to an environmental problem and an energy problem. (AU)

Scientific publications

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ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Synthesis of NiO/Y2O3/ZrO2 Catalysts Prepared by One-Step Polymerization Method and Their Use in the Syngas Production from Methane. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 2018. (14/24940-5)

LOURENCO, VITORIA S.; BOTO, SABRINA M.; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Peruibe black mud based catalysts for the removal of organic pollutants in water. JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, JUL 2020. (14/24940-5)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; MACHADO, VANESSA A.. Photodegradation of Organic Pollutants in Seawater and Hydrogen Production via Methanol Photoreforming with Hydrated Niobium Pentoxide Catalysts. SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, v. 3, n. 2, p. 20-pg., 2022-06-01. (14/24940-5)

LOURENCO, VITORIA S.; BOTO, SABRINA M.; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Peruibe black mud based catalysts for the removal of organic pollutants in water. JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, v. 5, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2020-07-09. (14/24940-5)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; QUIJO, MARCELLA V.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; NOGUEIRA, ANDRE E.; ROCCA, RENE R.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Photocatalytic activity of Nb heterostructure (NaNbO₃/Na₂Nb₄O₁₁) and Nb/clay materials in the degradation of organic compounds. Solar Energy, v. 194, p. 10-pg., 2019-12-01. (14/24940-5, 17/08293-8)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Synthesis of NiO/Y2O3/ZrO2 Catalysts Prepared by One-Step Polymerization Method and Their Use in the Syngas Production from Methane. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 2018, p. 11-pg., 2018-01-01. (14/24940-5)

SILVA, PRISCILA CHRISTOPOULOS; FERRAZ, NATHALIA PEREIRA; PERPETUO, ELEN AQUINO; OLORTIGA ASENCIOS, YVAN JESUS. OIL PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT USING ADVANCED OXIDATIVE PROCESSES: HETEROGENEOUS-PHOTOCATALYSIS AND PHOTO-FENTON. JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, v. 4, n. 1, p. 99-107, JAN-MAR 2019. (14/24940-5)

LIMA, HERBERT DE P.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (natural or carbonized) as biosorbent to remove pollutants in water. SN APPLIED SCIENCES, v. 3, n. 8, AUG 2021. (14/24940-5)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; QUIJO, MARCELLA V.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; NOGUEIRA, ANDRE E.; ROCCA, RENE R.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Photocatalytic activity of Nb heterostructure (NaNbO3/Na2Nb4O11) and Nb/clay materials in the degradation of organic compounds. Solar Energy, v. 194, p. 37-46, DEC 2019. (14/24940-5, 17/08293-8)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; RODELLA, CRISTIANE B.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.. Biomethane reforming over Ni catalysts supported on PrO2-ZrO2 solid-solutions. JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, v. 61, p. 8-pg., 2022-04-26. (14/24940-5)

MUEDAS-TAIPE, GOLFER; MAZA MEJIA, ILY M.; SANTILLAN, FATIMA A.; VELASQUEZ, CARLOS J.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Removal of azo dyes in aqueous solutions using magnetized and chemically modified chitosan beads. Materials Chemistry and Physics, v. 256, DEC 1 2020. (14/24940-5)

COSTA, KIMBERLY G.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Development of a Solid Catalyst Based on Pt Supported on Heterostructure (NaNbO3/NaNb3O8/NiO) Applied to the Photodegradation of Phenol in Seawater. CATALYSTS, v. 12, n. 12, p. 19-pg., 2022-12-01. (14/24940-5)

ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.; S. LOURENCE, VITORIA; CARVALHO, WAGNER A.. emoval of phenol in seawater by heterogeneous photocatalysis using activated carbon materials modified with TiO. CATALYSIS TODAY, v. 388, n. SI, p. 247-258, APR 1 2022. (19/24776-4, 14/24940-5)

FERRAZ, NATHALIA P.; MARCOS, FRANCIELLE C. F.; NOGUEIRA, ANDRE E.; MARTINS, ALYSSON S.; LANZA, MARCOS R. V.; ASSAF, ELISABETE M.; ASENCIOS, YVAN J. O.. Hexagonal-Nb2O5/Anatase-TiO2 mixtures and their applications in the removal of Methylene Blue dye under various conditions. Materials Chemistry and Physics, v. 198, p. 331-340, SEP 1 2017. (14/24940-5)