PHOTOCATALYST, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN USING THE SAME

摘要

There is disclosed a photocatalyst for the preparation of hydrogen consisting of a catalytically active ingredient cesium (Cs) impregnated in a support K4Nb6O17, represented by the formula (I): Cs(a)/K4Nb6O17, wherein a in parenthesis denotes the amout of the catalytically active ingredient Cs impregnated in the support K4Nb6O17 and has a value of 0.05 to 5.0 % by weight based on the total weight of the support. It is prepared by combining K2CO3 with Nb2O5 in a mole ratio of 2:3 of K2CO3:Nb2O5 sintering the combination at a temperature of about 1,200 to 1,300 ·C, to give K4Nb6O17, a support; and impregnating the support with a catalytically active inorganic ingredient Cs. Hydrogen is efficiently produced by illuminating an ultraviolet on an aqueous solution added with an oxygen-containing organic promoter at a reaction temperature of about 15 to 80 ·C under a reaction pressure of about 0.1 to 3 atm, in the presence of the photocatalyst.