02046nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245006800055210006700123260010600190300001600296490000700312520114600319653002901465653002001494653002401514653001201538653002301550100002601573700002201599700002301621700002601644700002401670856009801694       2010                        eng d  a0360-319900aHydrogen evolution by a low cost photocatalyst: bauxite residue0 aHydrogen evolution by a low cost photocatalyst bauxite residue  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLANDbPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDcOCT  a10859-108660 v353 a<p>Bauxite residue or red mud which is an aluminium industry waste has been used as a novel low cost photocatalyst active in visible light for the generation of hydrogen from water. The driving force behind the use of bauxite residue as a photocatalyst is not only the fact that it is widely available but also bauxite residue is a fine grained mixture of oxides and hydroxides (Fe(2)O(3), TiO(2), SiO(2), and Al(2)O(3), Al(OH)3). The photocatalyst was characterized with respect to BET-SA, UV-DRS, XRD, SEM and EDX. Hydrogen yield of 4600 mu mol/h/g of TiO(2) was achieved as compared to hydrogen evolution rate of 164 mu mol/h/g of TiO(2) for commercially available titania Degussa P-25. However, the hydrogen evolution was 20.85 mu mol/h/g of photocatalyst. The results suggest that bauxite residue appears to be a novel low cost photocatalyst. The various operating conditions of photocatalytic hydrogen generation were studied which include amount of catalyst, illumination intensity, illumination time, effect of various sacrificial donors etc. (C) 2009 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>10aAluminium industry waste10aBauxite residue10aHydrogen generation10aRed mud10aSacrificial donors1 aMangrulkar, Priti, A.1 aJoshi, Meenal, V.1 aKamble, Sanjay, P.1 aLabhsetwar, Nitin, K.1 aRayalu, Sadhana, S.  uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/hydrogen-evolution-low-cost-photocatalyst-bauxite-residue-002205nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245009500055210006900150260010600219300001400325490000700339520123800346653001901584653001801603653001601621653002001637653002201657100002801679700001701707700002201724700002601746700001801772700002401790856012501814       2010                        eng d  a0360-319900aInfluence of zeolitic structure on photoreduction property and hydrogen evolution reaction0 aInfluence of zeolitic structure on photoreduction property and h  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLANDbPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDcMAR  a1911-19200 v353 a<p>A new photocatalytic material developed by supporting TiO(2) in combination with transition metal ion like cobalt and heteropolyacid (HPA) on the surface is facilitating enhanced photoreduction of water and methyl orange Zeolites being a solid acid play an important role in the electron transfer reaction, facilitated by the Lewis acid sites in the form of aluminium ions In the present work, four different zeolite matrices namely, NaY zeolite, ultrastable zeolite Y, beta zeolite and titanium silicate-1 have been used for the synthesis of new photocatalytic materials These materials have been evaluated for water splitting by an initial screening procedure using methyl orange photoreduction The photocatalyst containing Na Y has emerged as a potential photocatalyst with hydrogen evolution rate of 2730 mu mol/h/g of TiO(2) Hydrogen evolution was not observed for the composite photocatalysts synthesized using the other zeolite matrices It has been observed that physicochemical properties like Si/Al ratio, acidity and basicity of the zeolite support have a tremendous influence on the photoreduction property of these zeolite matrices (C) 2010 Professor T Nejat Veziroglu Published by Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved</p>10aH(2) evolution10aLewis acidity10aSi/Al ratio10awater splitting10aZeolite structure1 aChatti, Ravikrishna, V.1 aDubey, Nidhi1 aJoshi, Meenal, V.1 aLabhsetwar, Nitin, K.1 aJoshi, P., N.1 aRayalu, Sadhana, S.  uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/influence-zeolitic-structure-photoreduction-property-and-hydrogen-evolution-reaction-0