Advances in Semiconducting Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Auteur

Dr. Neeraj Khare is a Professor in Physics Department at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India since 2005 and heading Nanotechnology Centre at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 2016. He received his Ph.D. (Physics) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 1986 and was Senior Scientist at National Physics Laboratory, New Delhi. His research interests are in the area of fabrication and study of semiconducting, magnetic, ferroelectric, superconducting nanostructure/nanocomposites and exploring its potential for novel applications. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals, seven patents and has edited three books. He is recipient of MRSI-ICSC Award, Platinum Jubilee lecture award of Material Science Section of Indian Science Congress Association, Material Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal award, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Young Scientist award and Indian Science Congress Association Young Scientist award.

Texte du rabat

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting has emerged as a promising technology to generate hydrogen using solar energy - a source of renewable energy.

Advances in Semiconducting Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting presents the overall progress in this area using nanotechnology. It begins by providing an overview of the basic concepts of photoelectrochemical water splitting, including operation and efficiency. It details various strategies to design nanostructured materials of different morphologies to improve the performance of photoelectrochemical water splitting technologies. Performance indicators emphasized include stability and reliability of photoelectrochemical water splitting technologies. Nanostructured material morphologies reviewed include nanocomposites, nano heterojunctions, nanoparticles integrated with metals or other semiconducting materials.

Advances in Semiconducting Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting is suitable for researchers working in academia and industry in the disciplines of materials science and engineering, renewable energy, and chemical engineering.

Contenu

1. Introduction
   
   2. Experimental Set up Design for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   3. Strategies for Improvement in the Efficiency of PEC Water Splitting
   4. Semiconductor-Semiconductor based Nano-Heterojunctions and Nanocomposites for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   5. Carbon/Polymer-Semiconductor Nano-Heterojunctions and Nanocomposite for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   6. Plasmon Enhanced Metal-Semiconductor Systems for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   7. Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric/Pyroelectric Semiconductor Materials for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
   8. Hybrid Systems
   9. Challenges and Future Prospects