Bandgap Engineering is Bismuth Vanadate-Tungstate Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic water splitting

Speaker: Nicholas Russo, Boston University, Physics Department

When: March 30, 2021 (Tue), 04:00PM to 05:00PM (add to my calendar)

This event is part of the Preliminary Oral Exam.

Photocatalytic water splitting is a necessary technology for the generation of clean Hydrogen gas as a medium for mass efficient energy storage. Metal oxides present a convenient class of materials that allow for cheap, robust, and environmentally friendly photocatalysis. In this talk, I present on the synthesis and electronic characterization of Bismuth Vanadate-Tungstate Ternary oxides and demonstrate how their bandgap can be modified as a function of Tungsten-Vanadium ratio.