Multifunctional Photocatalytic Materials for Energy

Dr. Zhiqun Lin is currently Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his PhD degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2002. He did his postdoctoral research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Iowa State University as an Assistant Professor in 2004 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010. He moved to Georgia Institute of Technology in 2011, and become a Professor in 2014. His research interests include polymer-based nanocomposites, block copolymers, polymer blends, conjugated polymers, quantum dots (rods, tetrapods and wires), functional nanocrystals (metallic, magnetic, semiconducting, ferroelectric, multiferroic, upconversion and thermoelectric) of different architectures (plain, core/shell, hollow and Janus), solar cells (perovskite solar cells, organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells and dye sensitized solar cells), lithium ion batteries, hydrogen generation, hierarchically structured and assembled materials, and surface and interfacial properties. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed journal articles (with an h-index of 59), 10 book chapters, and 4 books. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and an editorial advisory board member for Nanoscale. He is a recipient of Frank J. Padden Jr. Award in Polymer Physics from American Physical Society, an NSF Career Award, a 3 M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, and an invited participant at the National Academy of Engineering's 2010 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. He became a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2014 and a Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow in 2015. More information on his research can be found at http://nanofm.mse.gatech.edu/.

1. Introduction: A perspective-Multifunctional photocatalytic materials for energy Zhiqun Lin, Meidan Ye, Mengye Wang 2. Metal oxide powder photocatalysts Mohammad Mansoob Khan 3. Metal oxide electrodes for photo-activated water splitting Davide Barreca 4. Theoretical insights for improved photocatalytic activity Victor Antonio de la Pena O'Shea 5. Energy band engineering of metal oxide for enhanced visible light absorption Jiangtian Li 6. Graphene photocatalysts Luisa Maria Pastrana Martinez Sr. 7. Carbon Nitride photocatalysts Hongqui Sun 8. Graphene-based nanomaterials for solar cells Syed Farooq Adil, Mujeeb Khan 9. Metal-based Semiconductor nanomaterials for solar cells Dr. Wenxi Guo Sr. 10. Metal-based Semiconductor nanomaterials for photocatalysis Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi, Ilaria Di Somma, Danilo Russo, Laura Clarizia Sr. 11. Conjugated polymer and nanocrystal nanocomposites for photocatalytic hydrogen production and organic contaminants degradation Bhaghavathi Parambath Vinayan, Eswaraiah Varrla, Rupali Nagar 12. Hybrid noble metal and semiconductor nanocomposites for plasmon-mediated photocatalysis Yuekun Lai 13. Hybrid Z-scheme nanocomposites for photocatalysis Kazuhiko Maeda 14. Ferroelectrics for photocatalysis A Chithambararaj