28th GREEN Open Seminar
(1st MANA&GREEN Joint Seminar)
Schedules
2013.05.21
Finished
The 28th GREEN Open Seminar (The 1st MANA&GREEN Joint Seminar), will be held at NIMS on May 21, 2013, to have a lecture by Prof. Kazunari Domen, Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo / GREEN Leader, Photochemical Energy Conversion Group, GREEN.
Abstract
Photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting based on oxynitride materials
Hydrogen production from water using solar energy is one of the attractive candidates to realize a clean and sustainable energy system. We have been developing new materials for water splitting with a response to visible light to utilize solar energy. After rather extensive survey of various kinds of semiconducting materials, we have found some (oxy)nitrides and (oxy)sulfides are suitable for visible light induced water splitting reaction. Two different types of application of those materials, i.e. photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting, will be discussed.
