Design of catalysts / photocatalysts and development of modern wastewater treatment processes
Synthesis of nanocrystalline and nanoformed catalysts / photocatalysts
Oxide catalysts, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, plasmonic catalysts
Characterization of materials
Determination of morphological, surface, optical and electronic properties of materials
In situ and operando characterization
Quantitative determination of structural-activity and structural-selectivity dependencies (QSAR)
Testing of catalysts / photocatalysts in batch and flow reactor systems
An interdisciplinary approach
Process intensification
SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- Electron trapping energy states of TiO2−WO3 composites and their influence on photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A
- Improved electron-hole separation and migration in anatase TiO2 nanorod/reduced graphene oxide composites and their influence on photocatalytic performance
- Determination of Schottky barrier height and enhanced photoelectron generation in novel plasmonic immobilized multisegmented (Au/TiO2) nanorod arrays (NRAs) suitable for solar energy conversion applications
- Effect of Au loading on Schottky barrier height in TiO2 + Au plasmonic photocatalysts
- Evolution of surface catalytic sites on bimetal silica-based fenton-like catalysts for degradation of dyes with different molecular charges