A state-of-the-art reference to the solar energy conversion and utilization

Solar-to-Chemical Conversion: Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Processes offers a comprehensive volume that reviews the fundamentals in solar energy conversion to chemicals, either fuels or chemical products. The editor-a noted expert on the topic-includes information on photosynthesis and highlights the artificial processes for solar energy conversion and utilization.

The editor explores the chemical processes of solar energy conversion through homogeneous and/or heterogeneous photocatalysis and he includes the mechanistic insights. The book also contains information on reaction systems with a variety of applications, such as water splitting for hydrogen or oxygen evolution, photocatalytic CO2 reduction to fuels, and light driven N2 fixation, etc. This innovative book offers a broad view of the use of solar energy based on chemical processes and then provides ideas for future sustainability. This important text:

• Offers a comprehensive review of a wide-range of reactions of solar energy conversion to chemicals
• Presents the most challenging issues that hinder the process to an industrial scale
• Covers functional materials, nanotechnology, novel catalysis, electrochemical process, and solar energy conversion
• Explains the design and theoretical fundamentals of the solar energy conversion to chemicals

Written for physical chemists, materials scientists, catalytic chemists, environmental chemists, Solar-to-Chemical Conversion is an up-to-date volume that explores the recent advances in photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical synthesis based on the solar energy conversion and utilization.