Hydrogen production from pure and crude glycerol photoreforming using platinum supported on TiO2 and N-TiO2

Abstract

Starting from a commercial TiO2, nitrogen-doped TiO2 (N-TiO2) was synthesized, characterized, platinized, and tested as a photocatalyst for the photoreforming of pure and crude glycerol under UV and visible light for H2 production. The incorporation of nitrogen into the TiO2 structure not only improves its visible light harvest capacity but also increases the catalytic performance, with higher H2 production with respect to platinized bare TiO2.