Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting

Chemistry, Materials, Devices

Samrana Kazim, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Shahzada Ahmad, Sanjay Mathur, Samrana Kazim, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Shahzada Ahmad, Sanjay Mathur

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780323954945
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323954952
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting provides an up-to-date appraisal of the photon engineering of innovative catalysts for solar energy harvesting.Sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is the most sustainable and potentially economical option for producing energy vectors through water splitting. Thus this book focuses on the design of photocatalysts and water oxidation catalysts, as artificial photosynthesis and hydrogen fuel production via water oxidation (in place of fossil fuels) are two promising approaches towards renewable energy.The book critically analyzes the overall progress, potential challenges, and the possibility of industrialization of new catalysts in the near future. The primary emphasis of the discussion is on experimental approaches from materials synthesis to device applications, however, there will also be some introduction to relevant photochemistry concepts.Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting is suitable for materials scientists and chemists who through the use of photonics are in continuous pursuit of improving the efficiencies of different devices used to capture solar energy for the generation of sustainable fuel. - Covers design of innovative energy materials such as photocatalysts and water oxidation catalysts for solar energy harvesting - Reviews briefly computational and theoretical approaches before providing comprehensive overview of experimental directions - Provides information to guide photon and photoelectrochemical engineering of catalysts for solar application

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Solar fuel generation based on first-row transition metal catalysts
• Chapter 2 : +Au nanoparticles decorated textured Si with Fc/Fc−/I3− redox active gels for photoelectrochemical light harvesting
• Chapter 3 : Dual photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting
• Chapter 4 : Metal-organic framework as light harvesting for photoelectrochemical water splitting: from fundamental to recent progress
• Chapter 5 : Applications of metal ferrites as photocatalyst for solar fuel production, water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction
• Chapter 6 : Redefining solar conversion: advancing technologies with metal-organic framework nanocomposites
• Chapter 7 : Photoelectrochemical water splitting based on 2D-transition metal dichalcogenide materials
• Chapter 8 : Perovskite materials: from synthesis to solar energy conversion applications
• Chapter 9 : Photo-valorization of biomass into H2 fuel and value-added chemicals
• Chapter 10 : Main group metal chalcogenides for photoelectrochemical water splitting
• Chapter 11 : Photoelectrochemical characterization of metal oxide semiconductors for solar water splitting using intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy
• Chapter 12 : Graphitic carbon nitride-based materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting
• Chapter 13 : Hematite (α-Fe2O3) as a solar energy harvesting photoanode for photo-electrochemical (PEC) water splitting
• Chapter 14 : New photoelectrochemical processes for small molecule activation: the case of methane
• Chapter 15 : Quantum dots in photoelectrochemical hydrogen production
• Index
• A