Solar Water Splitting

Dr. Valiollah Mirkhani received his B.Sc. (1993) in Applied Chemistry, M.Sc. (1995) in Inorganic Chemistry, and Ph.D. degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Isfahan University, Iran, in 1999. After completing his Ph.D. degree, he continued his activities as an Assistant Professor at the University of Isfahan. Dr. Mirkhani is a member of the editorial board of Inorganic Chemistry Research and Nanochemistry Research and has published more than 400 scientific papers with over 11000 citations.Dr. Mahmood Tavakoli Hafshejani received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Islamic Azad University Firoozabad Branch in 2013, his M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2014, and joined the University of Isfahan to pursue his Ph.D., continuing his activity in the field of solar water splitting under the supervision of Prof. Valiollah Mirkhani. His research interests are synthesizing and characterizing Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, Solar cells, and hydrogen production. Dr. Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Nanobiotechnology Laboratory at the University of Qom. Mahmoud’s research explores the synthesis of biowaste and nature-inspired (nano)materials and advanced functional porous materials for environmental applications, catalysis, and energy conversion. He received several national awards from his country including the 2021 Abu Rayhan Prize from the Iranian Academy of Sciences for the Top Young Chemist of Iran and the 2020 Distinguished Researcher Award from the Iran Science Elites Federation. In 2023, He visited Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Germany, as a guest researcher under a Senior Research Fellowship to carry out research on lignin-based materials. At present, he is the scientific advisor of industry and has received research funding from different institutions and corporate entities. His passion is mentoring and developing young scientists and technical personnel. Dr. Mehrnaz Bahadori finished her B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry in 2004 and M.Sc. in 2008 at Razi University (Kermanshah, Iran), and graduated in 2017 in Inorganic Chemistry at Isfahan University, where she continued her research as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research interests are the synthesis, characterization, and modification of metal-organic frameworks, heterogenization of the enzymes, polyoxometalate, and homogenous catalysts on different supports such as metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, dendrimers, and carbon nanotubes.

• 1. Introduction to solar water splitting2. Water splitting theory3. PV-electrolysis water splitting4. Photocatalyst water splitting5. Photoelectrochemical water splitting6. Design of PEC Cells for water splitting7. Photo-thermal water splitting8. Plasmonic solar water splitting9. Photobiological water splitting10: New perspectives and a review of progress in solar water splitting