IChemE - Green H2 Production and CO2 Conversion by Photocatalysis

Photocatalytic conversion of water to green H2 and carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals not only provide renewable energy sources, but also substantially mitigates carbon emission. This lecture will start with the fundamental issues related to charge dynamics in photocatalysis. Then the strategy to improve the efficiency of the photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 conversion will be presented, resulting into the benchmark photocatalysts for green H2 production and CO2 to methanol synthesis, respectively.