Article published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Many efforts have been made to develop renewable energies like solar, bioenergy, and wind energy to deal with global warming and rising sea level. Among all, photocatalysis has been considered a promising technology for utilizing solar energy. Dr. Marjeta Maček Kržmanc, in collaboration with researchers from Taiwan and Latvia, participated in the study of Rh-CrOx cocatalyst on Al³⁺ doped high-crystallinity strontium titanate as the photocatalyst of hydrogen evolution. The researchers from Taiwan designed a twin photoreactor, which integrates the water splitting and the degradation of isopropanol, and can simultaneously carry out the degradation of isopropanol and hydrogen production.

The results of the research were published in the journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, in the article Photocatalytic Water Splitting of Improved Strontium Titanate for Simultaneous Separation of H₂ in a Twin Photoreactor.