Green chemicals through direct solar photoelectrolysis
Principal Investigator
Prof. Aravind Kumar Chandiran
Objective
- Develop efficient perovskite materials and demonstrate a lab-scale solar photoelectrochemical device for benzaldehyde production.
Description
- The generation of green chemicals using photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems is a viable singlesystem, where the energy of solar photons is stored as chemical bonds.[1] The most important chemical conversion reactions investigated include benzaldehyde (BZA) production through the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The benzaldehyde is a widely used chemical feed stock for dye and fragrance industries. This proposal aims developing solar powered photoelectrochemical system for the production of BZA production, by judicious design and development of perovskite semiconductor materials.
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