Development of nanocomposite inorganic materials for photocatalytic production of solar fuels

开发用于光催化生产太阳能燃料的纳米复合无机材料

• 批准号: 1112227
• 负责人: Mikhail Zamkov
• 金额: $ 37.5万
• 依托单位: Bowling Green State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1112227&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; nanocomposite; inorganic; materials; photocatalytic

The Chemical Catalyis Program of the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation will support the research program of Professor Mikhail Zamkov at Bowling Green State University. Professor Zamkov and his students will combine novel synthesis strategies for the formation of composite charge-separating nanoparticles coupled with metallic catalyst particles, with ultra-fast spectroscopy of photoinduced charge transfer processes at the interfaces in these particles. This work will address the nature of charge transfer across these heterojunction interfaces, contributing to the basic understanding of electron dynamics in these nanomaterials. Such nanomaterial systems show promise for use as photocatalysts in water splitting reactions for the production of hydrogen and other solar fuels. The work of this project will serve to train students in the fundamental physics and chemistry of sustainable energy technologies, as well as to provide the foundation for the development of these possibly important catalytic materials.

美国国家科学基金会化学部化学催化项目将资助鲍灵格林州立大学Mikhail Zamkov教授的研究项目。Zamkov教授和他的学生将结合新的合成策略，形成复合电荷分离纳米颗粒与金属催化剂颗粒相结合，并在这些颗粒的界面上进行超快速光谱学的光诱导电荷转移过程。这项工作将解决这些异质结界面上电荷转移的本质，有助于对这些纳米材料中的电子动力学的基本理解。这种纳米材料系统有望在水分解反应中用作光催化剂，用于生产氢气和其他太阳能燃料。该项目的工作将有助于培养学生在可持续能源技术的基础物理和化学方面的知识，并为开发这些可能重要的催化材料提供基础。