Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomass Energy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; Sustainable Environment Research Center, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 81157, Taiwan.
Bioresour Technol. 2023 Aug;382:129221. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129221. Epub 2023 May 20.
Photo nanocatalyst have shownpromise in a variety of fields, including biohydrogen production where their catalytic efficiency is related to size, surface-to-volume ratio, and increasing the number of atoms on the surface. They can harvest solar light to create electron-hole pairs which is the key mechanism to define its catalytic efficiency, thus requiring suitable excitation wavelength, band energy, and crystal imperfections. In this review, a discussion on the role of photo nanocatalysts to catalyze biohydrogen production has been carried out. Photo nanocatalysts feature a large bandgap, andhigh defect concentration, thus having the ability to be tuned for their characteristics. Customization of the photo nanocatalyst has been addressed. Mechanism of the photo nanocatalysts in catalyzing biohydrogen has been discussed. Limiting factors of photo nanocatalysts were highlighted and several recommendations have been made to enhance the effective utilization of these photo nanocatalysts to enhance photo-fermentative biohydrogen production from biomass wastes.
光纳米催化剂在包括生物制氢在内的多个领域表现出了应用潜力，其催化效率与尺寸、表面积与体积比以及增加表面原子数量有关。它们可以收集太阳能来产生电子-空穴对，这是定义其催化效率的关键机制，因此需要合适的激发波长、能带能量和晶体缺陷。在本综述中，讨论了光纳米催化剂在生物制氢中的催化作用。光纳米催化剂具有较大的带隙和高的缺陷浓度，因此具有调节其特性的能力。已经讨论了光纳米催化剂的定制问题。讨论了光纳米催化剂在催化生物制氢中的作用机制。强调了光纳米催化剂的限制因素，并提出了一些建议，以增强这些光纳米催化剂的有效利用，从而提高生物质废物的光发酵生物制氢效率。
