02206nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245009500055210006900150260010600219300001400325490000700339520123800346653001901584653001801603653001601621653002001637653002201657100002801679700001701707700002201724700002601746700001801772700002401790856012601814       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.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/influence-zeolitic-structure-photoreduction-property-and-hydrogen-evolution-reaction-0