Materials and Processes for Solar Fuel Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Viswanathan, Balasubramanian (Editor), Subramanian, Vaidyanathan (Ravi) (Editor), Lee, Jae Sung (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Nanostructure Science and Technology, 174
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Renewable energy resources.; Mass spectrometry.; Chemical engineering.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Nanotechnology.; Mass Spectrometry.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

This book features various approaches to non-biochemical pathways for solar fuel production. This one-of-a-kind book addresses photovoltaics, photocatalytic water splitting for clean hydrogen production, and CO2 conversion to hydrocarbon fuel through in-depth comprehensive contributions from  author...

Table of Contents:

• Strategic Design of Heterojunction CdS Photocatalysts for Solar Hydrogen
• Encapsulation for improving the efficiencies of solar cells 
• Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Current Status and Future Challenges
• Electrochemical and optical characterization of materials band structure
• New p-type Semiconducting Metal Oxides for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion: Investigation and Challenges
• Theoretical modeling of photoelectrochemistry related oxide-photocatalysts
• Photo-fuel cells. An alternative route for solar energy conversion
• Simultaneous Photodegradation and Hydrogen Production With TiO2/Pt/CdS Using UV-visible Light in the Presence of a Sacrificial Agent and a Pollutant
•  Stability of the β-Bi2O3 Nanoporous Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
•  Passivating the Surface of TiO2 Photoelectrodes with Nb2O5 and Al2O3 for High-efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
• Reduction of Carbon dioxide- Photo-catalytic Route to Solar Fuels.