Green Energy by Hydrogen Production from Water Splitting, Water Oxidation Catalysis and Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling

Author:

Luque-Urrutia Jesús Antonio1ORCID,Ortiz-García Thalía1,Solà Miquel1ORCID,Poater Albert1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Departament de Química, Universitat de Girona, C/Mª Aurèlia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Catalonia, Spain

Abstract

In this review, we want to explain how the burning of fossil fuels is pushing us towards green energy. Actually, for a long time, we have believed that everything is profitable, that resources are unlimited and there are no consequences. However, the reality is often disappointing. The use of non-renewable resources, the excessive waste production and the abandonment of the task of recycling has created a fragile thread that, once broken, may never restore itself. Metaphors aside, we are talking about our planet, the Earth, and its unique ability to host life, including ourselves. Our world has its balance; when the wind erodes a mountain, a beach appears, or when a fire devastates an area, eventually new life emerges from the ashes. However, humans have been distorting this balance for decades. Our evolving way of living has increased the number of resources that each person consumes, whether food, shelter, or energy; we have overworked everything to exhaustion. Scientists worldwide have already said actively and passively that we are facing one of the biggest problems ever: climate change. This is unsustainable and we must try to revert it, or, if we are too late, slow it down as much as possible. To make this happen, there are many possible methods. In this review, we investigate catalysts for using water as an energy source, or, instead of water, alcohols. On the other hand, the recycling of gases such as CO2 and N2O is also addressed, but we also observe non-catalytic means of generating energy through solar cell production.

Funder

Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Generalitat de Catalunya

ICREA Academia prize 2019

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Inorganic Chemistry

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