Themes:

• Water splitting

• CO2 sequestration and solar fuel /chemical generation

• Enabling low (photochemical and photoelectrochemical) and high temperature (thermochemical) solar fuel platforms in the Consortium.

Projects:

• Synthesis of new composite materials, oxide interfaces using different methods – materials to be studied from a semiconductor science standpoint; Characterization and evaluation of physicochemical properties of materials to deliver material with features such as visible band gap, high photoresponse and large lifetimes.

• Using quasi-chemistry of compounds (with multivalence and oxygen deficiency as handles) to perform bandgap engineering.

• Heterostructure design (may include the use of nanocarbons) and development for PEC devices. Study of microstructure and compositional changes to enable engineering of catalytic behavior.

• System Engineering based on the above materials including water treatment/water splitting technologies.

• The structure and composition at nanoscale across different defect structures are crucial in defining the catalytic properties of the material.