Organic-Photovoltaics in mohali

The concept to utilize solar light energy at room temperature and ambient conditions via photocatalysis to selectively convert lignocellulosic biomass to important chemicals is gaining momentum and aggressively to be pursued. Synthesis of valuable products including some of the so-called sugar-derived platform molecules (e.g., succinic, 2,5-furandicarboxylic, 3-hydroxypropionic, gluconic, glucaric and levulinic acids) through photocatalysis is a highly innovative approach that can bring several benefits from energy and environmental viewpoints. As such, photocatalytic selective processes are able to keep selectivities to products at reasonable levels at increasing conversions in the systems, as opposed to conventional thermally activated heterogeneous catalysis. Simultaneous production of hydrogen along with value-added biofuels is the ultimate process which is of interest in our group.

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Photocatalytic Water Splitting and Water purification

Carbon nitride polymers with high stability, smaller band gap and appropriate band positions gaining great interest in majority of researchers now-a-days for harvesting large abundant and renewable sunlight. The availability of various precursors and its easy synthesis protocol makes it a prime choice in the field of visible light active photocatalysts over the previously available catalysts. Because of its appropriate CBM (Conduction band minima), it has been utilized as a photocatalyst for water splitting to generate hydrogen. Due to its lower positive VBM (Valence band maxima), it is strongly recommended as a heterogeneous photocatalyst for selective synthesis of fine chemicals. Several heterostructurenanocomposites are of major interest for enhancement in the generation of either hydrogen or oxygen or both and in fine chemical production. Due to it’s rich electron density and high porosity, it can bind metals easily and been utilised removal of toxic metals as well as removal/ decomposition of organic pollutants.
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