Year
2018
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials
Abstract
The high recombination rates of photogenerated electron-hole pairs inside the bulk of photocatalyst, the back-reactions of intermediate species and inactive visible light are regarded as the key issues blocking solar light-conversion efficiency. P-block photocatalyst based-internal electric field compounds are regarded as a much attractive attention for photocatalysts because of their dispersive and anisotropic band structures, as well as their intrinsic internal electric field. The driving force of charges separation via internal electric field plays a key role to reduce recombination rates. In this thesis, it is divided into three parts by using three p-block photocatalyst based-internal electric field compounds:
Recommended Citation
Al-Keisy, Amar Hadee Jareeze, P-block-based Ferroelectric-photocatalyst compounds: Structure, Ferroelectric properties and photocatalytic performance, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, 2018. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/329
FoR codes (2008)
0306 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (INCL. STRUCTURAL)
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.