Harvesting Vibration Energy for Efficient Cocatalyst-Free Sonocatalytic H2 Production over Magnetically Separable Ultra-Low-Cost Fe3O4
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Sample Characterization
2.3. Electrochemical Tests
2.4. Experimental Procedure
3. Results
3.1. Material Systhesis and Characterization
3.2. Sonocatalytic H2 Production
3.3. Sonocatalytic Mechanism Investigation
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Appearance | BET (m2/g) | Size (nm) |
---|---|---|---|
Fe3O4 | Black powder | ≈10 | 50–400 |
Element | Line Type | wt% | wt% Sigma | at% |
---|---|---|---|---|
O | k-line | 26 | 0.16 | 55 |
Fe | k-line | 74 | 0.16 | 45 |
Total amount: | 100 | 100 |
Sample | Cost | H2 Production Rate (μmol/h/USD) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Fe3O4 | 0.036 ¥/g | 175 | This work |
Ti3C2TX | 5.58 ¥/g | 34 | [27] |
MoS2 | 137.44 ¥/g | 0.028 | [28] |
Bi2WO6 | 46.48 ¥/g | 0.58 | [29] |
BaTiO3 | 9.25 ¥/g | 1.41 | [30] |
BiFeO3 | 30.99 ¥/g | 0.57 | [31] |
Pd-BiFeO3 | 180.12 ¥/g | 0.90 | [32] |
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Zhang, K.; Sun, X.; Hu, H.; Qin, A.; Huang, H.; Yao, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Ma, T. Harvesting Vibration Energy for Efficient Cocatalyst-Free Sonocatalytic H2 Production over Magnetically Separable Ultra-Low-Cost Fe3O4. Materials 2024, 17, 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071463
Zhang K, Sun X, Hu H, Qin A, Huang H, Yao Y, Zhang Y, Ma T. Harvesting Vibration Energy for Efficient Cocatalyst-Free Sonocatalytic H2 Production over Magnetically Separable Ultra-Low-Cost Fe3O4. Materials. 2024; 17(7):1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071463
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Kailai, Xiaodong Sun, Haijun Hu, Anqi Qin, Hongwei Huang, Yali Yao, Yusheng Zhang, and Tianyi Ma. 2024. "Harvesting Vibration Energy for Efficient Cocatalyst-Free Sonocatalytic H2 Production over Magnetically Separable Ultra-Low-Cost Fe3O4" Materials 17, no. 7: 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071463