Seminar Details
Seminar Title:
Investigation of Nano-Carbon/Non-Carbon Material Interfaces for Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Device
Seminar Type:
Departmental Seminar
Department:
Physics and Astronomy
Speaker Name:
Dr. Sk Riyajuddin
Speaker Type:
External Professional
Venue:
MS Team (https://shorturl.at/cpCJ5)
Date and Time:
03 Apr 2024 11:00 AM
Contact:
Prof Bharat Kumar
Abstract:
Investigation of the interfacial properties of nano-carbon/non-carbon material is an interesting
topic of research. It is known that a specific interfacial property leads to a projected application
of interest. The different interfaces of carbonaceous material along with non-carbon matrix
have potential application in the field of renewable energy conversion and storage device.
Among all the existing renewable energy resources, hydrogen energy via water splitting is the
most environmentally benign and has already captured a prime place in recent technological
developments. Despite enormous improvements in the development of carbon-based
electrocatalysts for water splitting, it is still challenging to improve their catalytic activities to
compete with the noble metal-based electrocatalysts. The main problem of the carbon-based
catalyst is the stability, lack of active site and leaching of weakly bonded catalyst which can
hinder its practical application. To overcome these prevailing unavoidable circumstances, there
can be an alternate possibility for the betterment of stability as well as the exposure of catalytic
sites via stitching 2D graphene with 1D carbon nanotube in a single platform for the distribution
of electrons in 3-dimensional space along with the exposure of electroactive sites. This may
impart a unique electrical property and help to create more active surface area by loading the
catalysts on top of the graphene-CNT matrix. In this talk, the different carbonaceous interface
(graphene, 3D-graphene, CNT, NGQD, g-C3N4) along with non-carbon material (Ni2P, Ni2PCuP2, Cu3P, Sn4P3 Silicon Nanowire etc.) will be discussed which can create a unique avenue
for the new type of catalyst design for water splitting and energy storage supercapacitor
application. In addition, further, development can also lie in view of metal-free
photoelectrochemical water splitting via tuning the semiconducting silicon matrix with the help
of either p-i-n heterostructure or p-n junction semiconductor interface along with the zerodimensional NGQD quantum dots.