Research Interests
Main Theme
Materials
Energy Applications
Environmental Applications
Processes
- Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy and Environmental Applications
Materials
- Semiconductor based composites
- 2D materials
- Plasmonic materials
- Upconversion nanoparticles
- Natural and bioinspired materials (leaves, flowers, insect wings, etc.)
- Porous materials
Energy Applications
- Photocatalytic water splitting
- Conversion of biomass to value added products
Environmental Applications
- Green organic reactions for synthesis and transformations
- Photocatalytic pollutants removal
- Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
- Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation
Processes
- Monitoring time-dependent degradation of pollutants (UV-vis spectroscopy)
- Degradation pathway analysis (LC-MS)
- In situ studies of catalyst in action (SERS)
- Controlling the kinetics of photocatalytic reactions