Light, Water, Hydrogen The Solar Generation of Hydrogen by Water Photoelectrolysis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grimes, Craig A. (Editor), Varghese, Oomman K. (Editor), Ranjan, Sudhir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

The development of a direct, inexpensive, and efficient method for converting solar energy into a portable, clean fuel would allow elimination of the growing problems associated with the ever increasing use of fossil fuels and the reality of their rapid depletion. As the title suggests, Light, Water...

Table of Contents:

• From Hydrocarbons to Hydrogen: Towards a Sustainable Future
• Hydrogen Generation by Water Splitting
• Photoelectrolysis
• Oxide Semiconducting Materials as Photoanodes
• Oxide Semiconductors Nano-Crystalline Tubular and Porous Systems
• Oxide Semiconductors: Suspended Nanoparticle Systems
• Non-Oxide Semiconductor Nanostructures
• Photovoltaic - Electrolysis Cells.