Materials and Processes for Solar Fuel Production [Hardcover]

This book features different 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 a select blend of established and experienced authors from across the world. The commercial application of solar based systems, with particular emphasis on non-PV based devices have been discussed. This book intends to serve as a primary resource for a multidisciplinary audience including chemists, engineers and scientists providing a one-stop location for all aspects related to solar fuel production. The material is divided into three sections: Solar assisted water splitting to produce hydrogen; Solar assisted CO2 utilization to produce green fuels and Solar assisted electricity generation. The content strikes a balance between theory, material synthesis and application with the central theme being solar fuels.Chapter 1? - Strategic Design of Heterojunction CdS Photocatalysts for Solar HydrogenChapter 2? - Encapsulation for improving the efficiencies of solar cells?Chapter 3?- Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Current Status and Future ChallengesChapter 4- Electrochemical and optical characterization of materials band structure.?Chapter 5?- New p-type Semiconducting Metal Oxides for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion: Investigation and Challenges?Chapter 6 -Theoretical modeling of photoelectrochemistry related oxide-photocatalystsChapter 7- Photo-fuel cells. An alternative route for solar energy conversionChapter 8?- Simultaneous Photodegradation and Hydrogen Production With TiO2/Pt/CdS Using UV-visible Light in the Presence of a Sacrificial Agent and a Pollutant?Chapter 9?- Stability of the ?-Bi2O3 Nanoporous Photoanodes for Solar Water SplittingChapter 10?- Passivating the Surface of TiO2 Photoelectrodes with Nb2O5 and Al2O3 for High-efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar CellsChaptelc)