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Light, water, hydrogen : the solar generation of hydrogen by water photoelectrolysis
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New York, NY : Springer, 2007
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xxii, 546 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780387331980

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Summary

This book covers the field of solar production of hydrogen by water photo-splitting (photoelectrolysis) using semiconductor photoanodes. The emphasis of the discussion is on the use of nanotechnology in the field. The theories behind photocatalysis and photoelectrochemical processes responsible for hydrogen production are given in detail. This provides a state-of-the-art review of the semiconductor materials and methods used for improving the efficiency of the processes. The book also gives an account of the techniques used for making the nanostructures.


Author Notes

Craig A. Grimes received B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from the Pennsylvania State University in 1984, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. In 1990 he joined the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory where he worked on artificial dielectric structures. From 1994 to 2001 Dr. Grimes was a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Kentucky, where he was the Frank J. Derbyshire Professor. He is currently a Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park. His research interests include solar generation of hydrogen by water photoelectrolysis, remote query chemical and environmental sensors, nano-dimensional metal-oxide thin film architectures, and propagation and control of electromagnetic energy. He has contributed over 150 archival journal publications, eight book chapters, and over fifteen patents. He is Editor-in-Chief of Sensor Letters, co-author of the book The Electromagnetic Origin of Quantum Theory and Light published by World Scientific (2nd Edition, 2005), and Editor of The Encyclopedia of Sensors to be published by American Scientific Publishing in 2005.


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Grimes and colleagues (all, Pennsylvania State Univ.) have done a marvelous, meticulous job of collecting the latest developments in hydrogen evolution by nontraditional means to prepare the reader to understand and appreciate the importance of semiconductor photoelectrolysis in the energy future. A very moving foreword quantitatively and qualitatively describes the precarious situation in which the human race finds itself, burning fossil fuels in a sobering race, wherein humankind either runs out of fuel or cooks themselves on an overheated greenhouse of a planet. The authors then point us toward solar-driven hydrogen energy production as the only alternative to hoping for a miracle, i.e., our current global energy policy (or lack thereof). Next, they immediately take the reader on a rigorously detailed and deftly explained tour of the latest research in hydrogen-evolving processes. The logically developed chapters are copiously referenced (more than 1,000 references listed) and liberally annotated with graphs, tables, and other illustrative diagrams. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. S. R. Walk Old Dominion University


Table of Contents

Introduction
Photocatalysis and Artificial Photosynthesis
Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Cells for Hydrogen Generation
Semiconductor Materials as Photoanodes
Oxide Semiconductors: Nano - Crystalline, Tubular, and Porous Systems
Microstructure and Quantum Size Effects on the Efficiencies
Oxide Semiconductors: Suspended Nanoparticle Systems
Non-Oxide Semiconductor Nanostructures
Photovoltaic and Tandem Cells
Nanotechnology: Prevailing Issues and Challenge
Strategies for Future Development and Conclusions