Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications

The huge engine of our modern global economy is primarily powered by the fossil fuels. However, fossil fuels are exhaustible, and their combustion will lead to severe environment problems, such as global warming. Under the circumstances, it’s our duty to develop alternative and sustainable energy re...

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Main Author: Miao, Jianwei
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-659712023-03-03T16:07:09Z Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications Miao, Jianwei Liu Bin School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Alternative, renewable energy sources DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology The huge engine of our modern global economy is primarily powered by the fossil fuels. However, fossil fuels are exhaustible, and their combustion will lead to severe environment problems, such as global warming. Under the circumstances, it’s our duty to develop alternative and sustainable energy resources that can ease the worsening crisis. Looking up into the sky, the radiation we received from the Sun has been supporting the evolution of ecological systems for more than three billions years. Artificial conversion of the solar energy into chemical fuels, mimicking what the Mother Nature does, has attracted tremendous attentions over the past few decades. Among the many systems that have been proposed, solar water splitting for hydrogen production is the most attractive one. The overall objectives of this interdisciplinary research program are to design the architectures of semiconductor-based photocatalytic materials and electrocatalysts at nanoscale, to construct a stable photoelectrolysis cell for unassisted visible light solar water splitting and to fabricate efficient electrochemical hydrogen-evolving electrodes that can be applied in practical applications. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SCBE) 2016-02-10T05:51:27Z 2016-02-10T05:51:27Z 2016 Thesis Miao, J. (2016). Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/65971 10.32657/10356/65971 en 227 p. application/pdf
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DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Alternative, renewable energy sources
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Miao, Jianwei
Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
description The huge engine of our modern global economy is primarily powered by the fossil fuels. However, fossil fuels are exhaustible, and their combustion will lead to severe environment problems, such as global warming. Under the circumstances, it’s our duty to develop alternative and sustainable energy resources that can ease the worsening crisis. Looking up into the sky, the radiation we received from the Sun has been supporting the evolution of ecological systems for more than three billions years. Artificial conversion of the solar energy into chemical fuels, mimicking what the Mother Nature does, has attracted tremendous attentions over the past few decades. Among the many systems that have been proposed, solar water splitting for hydrogen production is the most attractive one. The overall objectives of this interdisciplinary research program are to design the architectures of semiconductor-based photocatalytic materials and electrocatalysts at nanoscale, to construct a stable photoelectrolysis cell for unassisted visible light solar water splitting and to fabricate efficient electrochemical hydrogen-evolving electrodes that can be applied in practical applications.
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title Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
title_short Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
title_full Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
title_fullStr Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
title_full_unstemmed Nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
title_sort nanoarchitectural design of semiconductor materials for sustainable energy applications
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