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Prashant V. Kamat
Dr. Kamat earned his Masters (1974) and Doctoral degrees (1979) in Physical Chemistry from the Bombay University, and carried out his postdoctoral research at Boston University (1979-1981) and University of Texas at Austin (1981-1983). He joined Radiation Laboratory in 1983 as a Junior Scientist and initiated the study of semiconductor nanoparticles. Since then he has established many multidisciplinary collaborative research projects within University of Notre Dame and other national and international institutions. He is currently working as a Senior Scientist at Radiation Laboratory (a DOE funded laboratory on the campus of Notre Dame) and Concurrent Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame. He has written more than 250 peer-reviewed journal papers, review articles and book chapters. He has edited two books in the area of nanoscale materials. He was a fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science during 1997 and 2003. He assumed the position of Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. |
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LECTURE Abstract: Ordered assemblies of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles provide innovative strategies for designing next generation nanodevices. The ability to convert light energy into electricity or chemical energy makes these materials useful in energy conversion devices. By controlling the preparative conditions and by chemical functionalization it is possible To tune the properties of semiconductor (e.g., TiO2, ZnO) and metal (e.g., Au,Pt) nanostructures. Such strategies have helped us to improve the charge separation efficiency of light-harvesting nanoassemblies and to use them In photochemical solar cells. The applications of these composite nanostructures for solar cells and fuel cells will be discussed. . |
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