Fundamental and Advanced Text Book on Solar Fuel Generation
I
am glad to share that our recent book chapter entitled “Hydrogen and CO2 reduction reactions: Mechanism and Catalysts” has
been published in “Photoelectrochemical
Solar Fuel Production: From Basic Principles to Advanced Devices. Springer
Publishers, Sixto Gimenez and Juan Bisquert (Eds.)”.
I
congratulate and thank to my colleagues (Dr. Nitish Roy, Dr. Anitha Devadoss,
Dr. Raman Vedarajan) for their valuable contribution to this chapter and my
sincere thanks to the Editors Prof. Juan Bisquert and Dr Sixto Gimenez for
giving us the opportunity.
Recent
days, solar fuel generation is the inevitable topic in green energy generation
for their merits in producing energy without any harmful pollutant to the
environment. Mainly, the advantages of “Photoelectrocatalyst” (PEC) encompass
with Electrochemistry, Semiconductor Physics and Materials Chemistry can drive
the magic of water splitting (H2O) into renewable fuel (oxygen and hydrogen)
utilizing nature solar energy. There is ample room available for tailoring the
earth abundance semiconductor materials for water oxidation in to oxygen
generation and hydrogen evolution from the water. Also these PEC materials can
be extending to apply in reduce the carbon dioxide pollutant into useful fuel
(methane, carbon monoxide, formaldehydide, hydrogen, etc).
Our
chapter explain the basic mechanism of how hydrogen gas is forming and CO2
pollutant can be reduced on PEC material by using electron and water. We have
summarized recent work on synthesize and performance of nanostructured PEC and
Electrocatalyst materials in this area.
Overall,
this book was explores the conversion for solar energy into renewable liquid
fuels through electrochemical reactions. The first section of the book is
devoted to the theoretical fundamentals of solar fuels production, focusing on
the surface properties of semiconductor materials in contact with aqueous
solutions and the reaction mechanisms. The second section describes a
collection of current, relevant characterization techniques, which provide
essential information of the band structure of the semiconductors and carrier
dynamics at the interface semiconductor. The third, and last section comprises
the most recent developments in materials and engineered structures to optimize
the performance of solar-to-fuel conversion devices.
It’s
really great to see the other chapters from the great legends
Prof.
L. M Peter, Michael E. G. Lyons, Prof. Jaegermann, Prof. Bisquert, Prof. Prof.
Van de Krol, Prof. Fujii, Prof. Parkinson, Dr Kevin Sivula, Prof Meyar, from
Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry field. Also my former director Prof.
Akira Fujihima who invent the PEC water splitting mechanism.
This
book is highly recommended for undergraduate and post graduate students who
wants to step onto the new and fascinating field on solar fuel generation as
well as learn the frontier topics in Energy Conversion and Materials Science
field. Also it is an excellent reference material for researchers working in
both academy (PhD and Post-Doctoral Researchers) and industry.
I
would appreciate it if you could refer this book to your institute library as
well as your students.
This
book can be purchase through the following link.
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