Unit Code: CHM805

Unit Name: Photo-electrochemistry and Photo-catalysis

Description: This course will provivide advanced concepts central to the study of solar photon conversion and photo catalytic system for waste treatment and industrial processes. It the recent years photo electrochemical systems on the one hand promise highly efficient photovoitaic and photo electrochemical cells with sophisticatedarchitectures and on the one hand, plastic photovoltaic coatings that are inexpensive enough to be disposable. Topics include fundamental of light-induced exciton generation, junction architectures that lead to efficient excition dissociation, and charge collection by percolation through mesoscale phases and light-stimulated, water detoxification, advanced oxidation processes and photo-catalyzed environmental cleaning. Laboratory/Project component will include hands on training in the fabrication of such devices and evaluation of photovoltaic characteristics, and homogeneous and heterogeneous photo catalyzed degradation of different polluting chemical agents generally present in waste water coming out from the industries.

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Prerequisite: CHM701, CHM707

Prerequisite Sentence: or equivalent unit

Credit Point: 20

Offered In: Semester 1,2