Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrogen production from water by tuning the photonic band gap with the electronic band gap of a photoactive material
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Application No.: US14502724Application Date: 2014-09-30
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Publication No.: US09744523B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Hicham Idriss , Ahmed Khaja Wahab , Maher Al-Oufi , Geoff Waterhouse
- Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Current Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Main IPC: B01J21/06
- IPC: B01J21/06 ; B01J23/52 ; C01B3/04 ; B01J37/16 ; B01J23/38 ; B01J35/00 ; C25B1/00 ; B01J37/02 ; B01J35/10 ; C01B13/02 ; B01J23/66 ; B01J23/40

Abstract:
Disclosed is a photocatalyst, and methods for its use, that includes a photoactive material comprising a photonic band gap and an electronic band gap, wherein the photonic band gap at least partially overlaps with the electronic band gap, and an electrically conductive material deposited on the photoactive material.
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