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ReviewNano convergence2021

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from biomass conversion.

Kayla Alicia Davis, Sunghoon Yoo, Eric W Shuler, Benjamin D Sherman, Seunghyun Lee, Gyu Leem

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Review in Nano convergence, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Solar-Driven Biomass Reforming for Hydrogen Generation: Principles, Advances, and Challenges.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kayla Alicia Davis *Department of Chemistry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
Sunghoon Yoo *Department of Chemistry, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 13306, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-9651
Eric W ShulerDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
Benjamin D ShermanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Christian University, Campus Box 298860, Fort Worth, TX, 76129, USA.
Seunghyun LeeDepartment of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, 15588, Republic of Korea. leeshyun@hanyang.ac.kr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2477-1243
Gyu LeemDepartment of Chemistry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA. gyleem@esf.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0169-1096

Funding

Gyeonggi-do Regional Research Center 2020-B03National Research Foundation of Korea 2019R1C1C1009427
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomass has incredible potential as an alternative to fossil fuels for energy production that is sustainable for the future of humanity. Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic biomass conversion not only produces valuable carbon-free energy in the form of molecular hydrogen but also provides an avenue of production for industrially relevant biomass products. This photocatalytic conversion can be realized with efficient, sustainable reaction materials (biomass) and inexhaustible sunlight as the only energy inputs. Reported herein is a general strategy and mechanism for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from biomass and biomass-derived substrates (including ethanol, glycerol, formic acid, glucose, and polysaccharides). Recent advancements in the synthesis and fundamental physical/mechanistic studies of novel photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from biomass conversion are summarized. Also summarized are recent advancements in hydrogen evolution efficiency regarding biomass and biomass-derived substrates. Special emphasis is given to methods that utilize unprocessed biomass as a substrate or synthetic photocatalyst material, as the development of such will incur greater benefits towards a sustainable route for the evolution of hydrogen and production of chemical feedstocks.

Indexed as

BiomassEnergy and charge transportHydrogen productionPhotocatalysisSolar energy conversion

Identifiers

PMID33635439
PMCPMC7910387

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