Advances in Semiconducting Nanostructures for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Dr. Neeraj Khare is a Professor in Physics Department at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India since 2005 and heading Nanotechnology Centre at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 2016. He received his Ph.D. (Physics) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India in 1986 and was Senior Scientist at National Physics Laboratory, New Delhi. His research interests are in the area of fabrication and study of semiconducting, magnetic, ferroelectric, superconducting nanostructure/nanocomposites and exploring its potential for novel applications. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals, seven patents and has edited three books. He is recipient of MRSI-ICSC Award, Platinum Jubilee lecture award of Material Science Section of Indian Science Congress Association, Material Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal award, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Young Scientist award and Indian Science Congress Association Young Scientist award. Dr. Mohd Faraz is currently Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanoscale Research Facility, IIT Delhi. He received his Ph.D. (Chemistry) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, in 2016. After his Ph.D, he joined IIT Delhi in the Physics department as Research Associate (2016) and National Postdoctoral Fellow (2017). He has published more than 20 research papers in refereed journals and two national patents. His research interests include synthesizing 2D materials, metal oxides, and polymer nanocomposites for photocatalytic degradation and piezoelectric sensors for energy harvesting. Presently, he is planning to develop flexible nanocomposites films for piezoelectric sensor applications. He is the recipient of the National Postdoctoral Fellow (SERB) DST India award (2017). Dr. Surbhi Sharma is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. She received her Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2019. She obtained the Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Solid State Materials from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2014 and Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics from the University of Delhi, India in 2011. She has qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2012. Her current research interests are focused on nanostructured materials, plasmonics, photocatalysts and design of photoelectrochemical cells for sustainable solar energy harvesting and thermoelectrics. She has published 11 research articles in international journals.

1. Introduction
2. Experimental Set up Design for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
3. Strategies for Improvement in the Efficiency of PEC Water Splitting
4. Semiconductor-Semiconductor based Nano-Heterojunctions and Nanocomposites for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
5. Carbon/Polymer-Semiconductor Nano-Heterojunctions and Nanocomposite for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
6. Plasmon Enhanced Metal-Semiconductor Systems for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
7. Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric/Pyroelectric Semiconductor Materials for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
8. Hybrid Systems
9. Challenges and Future Prospects