CHM622: Chemistry, energy and environment

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Energy classifications, global and national energy scenario;
Scope of chemistry and material design in energy harvesting and environmental remediation, renewable energy sources: advantages and challenges;
Solar energy: fundamentals of photovoltaic conversions, types and design of solar cells;
Hydrogen energy: scope, and status; H $_{2}$ production and storage;
Principles of artificial photosynthesis and photocatalytic water splitting; electronic band structure engineering and characterization of carrier dynamics for these applications;
Photoelectrochemical and thermal water splitting,
Introduction to the principles of fuel cells, their types and material design; electrochemistry, kinetics and thermodynamics of fuel cell;
Biofuel: chemical conversion processes;
Energy storage strategies: batteries and supercapacitors;
Thermoelectrics – fundamentals and material design;
Introduction to nuclear energy and its scope in India;
Green house effect and global warming; principles of CO $_{2}$ capture, storage and conversion.