Nanostructured Photocatalysts

Rabah Boukherroub is Research Director Group Leader at the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, University of Lille, France. His research interests are in the area of synthesis of functional nanomaterials (metal and semiconductor nanoparticles, semiconductor nanowires, graphene, carbon dots, etc.), surface chemistry, and photophysics of semiconductor/metal nanostructures with emphasis on biosensors and lab-on-chip applications, drug delivery, and development of new tools for studying molecular dynamics in vivo. Ogale Satishchandra is Professor at the Centre for Clean and Renewable Energy, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India. His research interests include Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Graphene and Functional Carbon Neil Robertson is Professor at the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is a Chartered Chemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

• 1. Design of efficient photocatalysts through band gap engineering 2. Photochemical synthesis of nanoscale multicomponent metal species and their application to photocatalytic and electrochemical water splitting3. Development of photocatalysts and system optimization for CO2 photoreduction4. Heterogeneous photocatalysis for water purification5. Air purification applications using photocatalysis6. Substrate and support materials for photocatalysis7. Two-dimensional materials for photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction8.  Photocatalytic inactivation of microorganisms in water9. Plasmon-induced photocatalytic transformations