1Chemistry Didactics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
2Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
3Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Ulm University, Germany
World Journal of Chemical Education.
2021,
Vol. 9 No. 4, 190-196
DOI: 10.12691/wjce-9-4-12
Copyright © 2021 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Malte Petersen, Paul Worliczek, Johannes B. Max, Afshin Nabiyan, Manuel Wejner, Jonas Eichhorn, Carsten Streb, Felix H. Schacher, Timm Wilke. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with Sunlight for School Chemistry Education.
World Journal of Chemical Education. 2021; 9(4):190-196. doi: 10.12691/wjce-9-4-12.
Correspondence to: Timm Wilke, Chemistry Didactics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. Email:
timm.wilke@uni-jena.deAbstract
In current research, molecular light-driven catalytic units are linked to hierarchically structured soft matter matrices and used to convert solar radiation into chemical reactivity for photocatalytic water splitting. This article describes the development of a simplified hydrogen evolution reaction that transfers selected results to the student laboratory in a phenomenon-oriented manner. For this purpose, a photocatalytically active system - consisting of the catalyst titanium dioxide, the dye Eosin Y and the electron donor triethanolamine - is combined with two polymers as suitable matrices. A newly developed, low-cost hydrogen detector is used to quantify the hydrogen concentration.
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