Heterostructured Photocatalysts for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

Dr. Srabanti Ghosh is currently a Principal Scientist in the Energy Materials & Devices Division at CSIR - Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, West Bengal, Kolkata, India.. She received her PhD degree in Chemistry from UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre, and Jadavpur University, India, before completing postdoctoral programs at the University of Paris SUD, France (Marie Curie co-fund) and working as GOT ENERGY TALENT co-fund Marie Curie Fellow Researcher at the Universidad De Alcala, Spain. Her main research interests include synthesis, and characterization of functional materials at the nanoscale and their photoelectrochemical properties for energy conversion devices, photocatalysts, electrocatalysts, fuel cells, and biosensor applications. Dr. Ghosh has co-authored 104 publications in international journals, 4 patents, edited 6 books, and contributed 24 book chapters, and acts as a reviewer for several SCI journals.Dr. A. K. Tyagi is currently Dean and Senior Professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India. He is also an Honorary Professor at JNCASR, Bengaluru. Other recent positions include as Director of the Chemistry Group, Director of the Bioscience Group (both at BARC), and Distinguished Scientist (DAE). He completed postdoctoral research at Max-Planck Institute, Germany (1995-96), and has since received numerous prestigious awards for his work. Dr. Tyagi’s research interests cover areas of nanomaterials, functional materials, nuclear materials, metastable materials, and hybrid materials. He has published over 650 papers in international journals, 12 books, and several review articles, as well as having guided 47 PhD students to date. He is also a Fellow of various national and international science and engineering academies, and has been a Visiting Scientist at various institutions in Europe, Asia, and South Africa.

• 1. Heterojunction photocatalysts: Mechanical investigations at the interfaces2. Heterointerface-engineered high-performance MXene-based photocatalytic heterostructures for solar fuel production3. Conjugated polymer nanostructure-based Z-scheme photocatalysts for water splitting4. Z-scheme-based heterostructures for photocatalytic N2 fixation in solar energy conversion5. Heterostructures for photocatalytic H2O2 production6. Heterojunction photocatalytic materials in solar energy conversion for biomass valorization into high value fuel7. Progress in design and preparation of S-scheme photocatalyst for solar fuel production8. Perovskite heterostructures for solar energy conversion and improved catalytic efficiency9. Advancement in plasmonic-based heterojunction for hydrogen evolution reaction10. Recent progress on organic framework-based heterostructures for solar energy conversion11. Charge steering in double-heterojunction in solar energy conversion for efficient hydrogen production12. Recent advances in ternary heterostructure photocatalysts for solar fuel production13. Heterojunction photocatalytic anodes for energy production14. Single atom-based heterojunction photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction and CO2 reduction15. Photoreforming of plastic for solar fuel generation16. Computational mining of heterostructure photocatalysts in solar energy conversion for water splitting and CO2 reduction17. Recent aspects of photocatalytic technologies for solar fuels