Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices

Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices provides an up-to-date appraisal of the photon engineering of innovative catalysts for solar energy harvesting. This book analyzes the overall progress, potential challenges, and the industrialization of new catalysts in the near future. The primary emphasis is on experimental approaches from materials synthesis to device applications, however, there is also an introduction to relevant photochemistry concepts. This book 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.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. Covers design of innovative energy materials such as photocatalysts and water oxidation catalysts for solar energy harvestingReviews briefly computational and theoretical approaches before providing comprehensive overview of experimental directionsProvides information to guide photon and photoelectrochemical engineering of catalysts for solar application INDICE: 1. Solar fuel generation based on first-row transition metal catalysts 12. Au nanoparticles decorated textured Si with Fc/Fc+ and I-/I3- redox active gels for photoelectrochemical light harvesting3. Dual photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting4. Metal-organic framework as light harvesting for photoelectrochemical water splitting: from fundamental to recent progress5. Applications of metal ferrites as photocatalyst for solar fuel production, water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction6. Redefining solar conversion: advancing technologies with metal-organic framework nanocomposites7. Photoelectrochemical water splitting based on 2D-transition metal dichalcogenide materials8. Perovskite materials: from synthesis to solar energy conversion applications9. Photo-valorization of biomass into H2 fuel and value-added chemicals10. Main group metal chalcogenides for photoelectrochemical water splitting11. Photoelectrochemical characterization of metal oxide semiconductors for solar water splitting using intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy12. Graphitic carbon nitride-based materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting13. Hematite (a-Fe2O3) as a solar energy harvesting photoanode for photo-electrochemical (PEC) water splitting14. New photoelectrochemical processes for small molecule activation: the case of methane15. Quantum dots in photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

• ISBN: 978-0-323-95494-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 502
• Fecha Publicación: 17/06/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés