Chalcogenide-Based Nanomaterials as Photocatalysts

Mohammad Mansoob Khan is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. He earned his PhD from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, in 2002. He has worked in India, Ethiopia, Oman, and South Korea and has established excellence in teaching and novel research. He is teaching various courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has edited three books and authored two books. He has published about 250 research and review articles. He has addressed several conferences as a Plenary speaker (01 talk), Keynote speaker (10 talks) and delivered Invited talks (15 talks). Additionally, he is associated with several journals as editor, associate editor, reviewer, etc. His expertise is in the cutting-edge area of nanochemistry, nanotechnology, materials sciences, and materials chemistry, especially in the field of inorganic and nanohybrid materials such as the synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles, their nanocomposites, metal oxides (such as TiO2, ZnO, SnO2, CeO2, etc.), and chalcogenides (such as CdS, ZnS, MoS2, etc.), perovskites, MXenes, and their nanocomposites. He is also extensively working on the band gap engineering of semiconductors (such as metal oxides and chalcogenides). The synthesized nanostructured materials are used for heterogeneous photocatalysis, hydrogen production, photoelectrodes, solar cells, sensors, and biological applications such as antibacterial, antifungal, antibiofilm activities, etc.

• Introduction and fundamentals of chalcogenides and chalcogenides-based nanomaterials 1 Mohammad Mansoob Khan 2 Advances in chalcogenides and chalcogenides-based nanomaterials such as sulfides, selenides, and tellurides 7 Ersan Y. Muslih, Badrul Munir, Mohammad Mansoob Khan 3 Chalcogenides as well as chalcogenides-based nanomaterials and its importance in photocatalysis 33 Mohd Salman Siddiqui, Mohammed Aslam 4 Basic principles, fundamentals, and mechanisms of chalcogenide-based nanomaterials in photocatalytic reactions 77 G.V.S. Subbaroy Sarma, Murthy Chavali, Maria P. Nikolova, Manoj Kumar Enamala, Chandrasekar Kuppan 5 Synthesis methods for chalcogenides and chalcogenides-based nanomaterials for photocatalysis 105 Aga Ridhova, Vinda Puspasari, Muhamad I. Amal 6 Band gap engineered chalcogenide nanomaterials for visible light-induced photocatalysis 135 Dehua Xia, Qi Chen, Zhiyao Li, Manhui Luo, Po Keung Wong 7 Chalcogenide-based nanomaterials as photocatalysts for water splitting and hydrogen production 173 Hossam A. El Nazer, Yasser Mahmoud A. Mohamed 8 Chalcogenides-based nanomaterials for solar cells and dye sensitized solar cells 185 Ho Soonmin, S.S. Hegde, K. Ramesh, J.K. Dongre, Yousaf Hameed Khattak, Xiang-Hua Zhang, Sadanand, D.K. Dwivedi, D.A. Oeba 9 Chalcogenides-based nanomaterials for artificial photosynthesis 219 Theivasanthi Thirugnanasambandan 10 Use of chalcogenides-based nanomaterials for wastewater treatment including bacterial disinfection and organic contaminants degradation 243 Manoj Kumar Enamala, Murthy Chavali, Amala Tangellapally, Divya Pasumarthy, Mannam Krishna Murthy, Chandrasekhar Kuppam, Vishal Chaudhary, Roli Mishra, Divya Naradasu 11 Use of chalcogenides-based nanomaterials for photocatalytic heavy metal reduction and ions removal 261 Metwally Madkour, Hossam A. El Nazer, Yasser K. Abdel-Monem 12 Photocatalytic N2 fixation using chalcogenide-based nanomaterials 281 Yasser Mahmoud A. Mohamed, Hossam A. El Nazer, Elzahraa A. Elgohery, Mohammad Mansoob Khan 13 Photocatalytic CO2 reduction using chalcogenide-based nanomaterials 291 Magdeline Tze Leng Lai, Chin Wei Lai, Joon Ching Juan 14 Challenges, novel applications, and future prospects of chalcogenides and chalcogenide-based nanomaterials for photocatalysis 303 Mehmet Ates, Ersen Yılmaz, Mehmet Kayra Tanaydın