Photochemical Splitting of Water

Dr. Soney C. George is Dean of Research and Director of the Center for Nanoscience and Technology at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kottayam, India. He has published 240 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has also edited and contributed to several books. His research focuses on polymer nanocomposites, tribology of nanocomposites, membranes, and pervaporation. Dr. Sajith Kurian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Kerala, India. Dr. Luís P. M. Santos is a Postdoctoral Researcher, affiliated to the Graduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. He has experience in the synthesis of nanomaterials, materials characterization, and electrocatalysis for H2 generation.

• Section I1. Potential of water splitting in the global energy future2. Concepts, kinetics and mechanism of water splitting3. Technologies for water splitting4. Instrumentation and experimental set-up for measuring hydrogen from water splitting5. Photocatalytic water splitting6. Photoelectrochemical water splitting7. Selection of materials and cell design for water splittingSection II8. Noble metal-based catalysts9. Noble metal free catalysts - oxides, chalcogenides, nitrides, oxynitrides - for water splitting10. Metal ion incorporated metal oxides for water splitting11. Plasmonic material and QD sensitized photocatalysts for water splitting12. Carbon based materials for water splitting13. MOF assisted water splitting14. 2D materials for water splitting15. Conjugated polymer materials for water splitting16. Role of co-catalysts in water splitting17. Nanostructured materials for water splittingSection III18. Photovoltaic electrochemical integration for water splitting19. Challenges for photoelectrochemical water splitting technology for the near future Glossary of technical terms