Thesis advisor: Dunwei Wang / This thesis explores new approaches to synthesizing and understanding photoanodes for water splitting. By tuning materials' mophology on the nanoscale, their ability to absorb light energy and efficiently convert it in to chemical energy is improved. This is evident by an increase in photocatalytic efficiency and can be demonstrated with visible light sensitive catalysts. Production of these materials involved the development of alternative synthesis routes for traditional water splitting catalysts. Our hypothesis is further supported by probing charge dynamics using microwave reflectivity measurements, which show that the lifetime of charges in these new nanostructures is optimized. / Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry Honors Program. / Discipline: Chemistry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_102350 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Sheehan, Stafford Wheeler |
| Publisher | Boston College |
| Source Sets | Boston College |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, thesis |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. |
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