Simultaneous hydrogen production with photo reforming of lactic acid over MXene derived MoS2/TiO2/Ti3C2 nanowires

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Simultaneous hydrogen production with photo reforming of lactic acid over MXene derived MoS₂/TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ nanowires

Seemal Mansoor^a, Zixu Hu^b, Yuxin Zhang^b, Muhammad Tayyab^e, Mazhar Khan^a, Zeeshan Akmal^a, Liang Zhou^b^,^c^,^d^,^*(), Juying Lei^b^,^d, Muhammad Nasir^f, Jinlong Zhang^a^,^*()

^aKey Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Multi-media Environmental Catalysis and Resource Utilization, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
^bNational Engineering Research Center of Industrial Wastewater Detoxication and Resource Recovery, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
^cState Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, Heilongjiang, China
^dShanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
^eInstitute of Materials Research, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
^fCOMSATS Univ Islamabad, Interdisciplinary Res Ctr Biomed Mat IRCBM, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan

Received:2024-11-14 Accepted:2024-12-20 Online:2025-04-18 Published:2025-04-13
Contact: * E-mail: zhouliang@ecust.edu.cn (L. Zhou),jlzhang@ecust.edu.cn (J. Zhang).
Supported by:
National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB3803600);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFE0107900);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22476050);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21972040);Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(2021-01-07-00-02-E00106);Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(22230780200);Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(20DZ2250400);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(222201717003);Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment(QA202319);Chenguang Program of Shanghai Education Development Foundation, and the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(23CGA40)

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Developing efficient photocatalysts to address collaborative energy and environmental crises still faces significant challenges. In this report, we present a highly efficient MXene-based photocatalyst, which is combined with MoS₂ nano patches and TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ (TTC) nanowires through hydrothermal treatment. Of all the composites tested, the optimized photocatalyst gave a remarkable H₂ and revolving polylactic acid (PLA) into pyruvic acid (PA). Achieving a remarkable H₂ evolution rate of 637.1 and 243.2 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹, in the presence of TEOA and PLA as a sacrificial reagent under UV-vis (λ ≥ 365 nm) light irradiation. The improved photocatalytic activity is a result of the combination of dual cocatalyst on the surface of TTC photocatalyst, which create an ideal synergistic effect for the generation of PA and the production of H₂simultaneously. The MoS₂TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ (MTT) composite can generate more photoexcited charge carriers, leading to the generation of more active radicals, which may enhance the system's photocatalytic activity. This work aims at demonstrating its future significance and guide the scientific community towards a more efficient approach to commercializing H₂ through photocatalysis.

Key words: Photo reforming, Polylactic acid, Hydrogen evolution, Lactic acid, Pyruvic acid

Seemal Mansoor, Zixu Hu, Yuxin Zhang, Muhammad Tayyab, Mazhar Khan, Zeeshan Akmal, Liang Zhou, Juying Lei, Muhammad Nasir, Jinlong Zhang. Simultaneous hydrogen production with photo reforming of lactic acid over MXene derived MoS₂/TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ nanowires[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2025, 71: 234-245.

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the MTT nanowires photocatalyst.

Fig. 2. (a-c) SEM images of Ti3C2, TTC, MTT-2. (d,e) TEM images of TTC and MTT-2. HRTEM analysis (f,g) and d-spacing (h-j) of TiO2, Ti3C2, MoS2 in MTT-2.

Fig. 3. HAADF-STEM image (a) and elemental mapping of Ti (b), O (c), Mo (d), S (e), and C (f) of MTT-2 photocatalyst.

Fig. 4. (a) XRD patterns Ti3AlC2, Ti3C2, TTC, TOTC, different concentrations of MTT, and pristine MoS2. (b) FTIR spectra of TTC and MTT-2. (c) Raman spectra of MTT-2, TTC, TOTC.

Fig. 5. XPS full spectra(a), high resolution XPS spectra of O 1s (b), Ti 2p (c), and C 1s (d) in Ti3C2, TTC and MTT-2 photocatalyst.

Fig. 6. H2 evolution activity test of representative photocatalysts in the presence of TEOA as a hole scavenger (a) and in the presence of PLA (b). Note: the error bar is estimated from the average value of three repeated experiments. Long time cyclic stability test in TEOA (c) and in the PLA (d) of MTT-2 photocatalyst. (e) Schematic illustration of the photo reforming process of PLA into PA. (f) Comparison of photocatalytic H2 evolution.

Fig. 7. Photoelectrochemical analysis. UV-vis DRS (a) and steady-state PL spectra (b) for representative photocatalysts. (c) Transient photocurrent responses of Ti3C2, TTC, and MTT-2. (d) Time-resolved PL spectra for TOTC, TTC, and MTT-2.

Fig. 8. EPR spectra for DMPO-?O2- (a) and DMPO-?OH (b) for TTC and MTT-2. (c) Proposed mechanism of H2 evolution and PLA oxidation over MTT nanowires.

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