You are cordially invited to attend the seminar organized by the Department of Chemistry.
Title: İnsights of Efficient PhotocatalyticMaterials for Hydrogen Generation
Speaker: Dr. Lakshmana Reddy
Date: 26/09/2025, Friday
Time: 12:30 (Turkiye Time)
Place: Zoom
This is an online seminar. To request event details please send a message to department.
Abstract
Hydrogen is considered to be an ideal fuel for future energy demands when it is sourced from clean and renewable energy resources. Photocatalytic splitting of water offers a promising method for the clean, low cost and environmentally friendly production of hydrogen (H2) using solar energy. This seminar aims to explore the photo(electo)catalytic behaviour of wide range of nanocomposite materials including 1D TiO2 nanotubes-based composites, 2D g-C3N4/Ni(OH)2 heterojunction, α-Fe2O3, TiO2 nanorod arrays photoanodes materials for water splitting to produce H2. This presentation explores how the nanocomposite materials enhance the rate of H2 generation efficiency. Also demonstrate the key experimental parameters that can drastically improve the photocatalytic efficiency. With synergistic properties of heterojunction catalysts besides the electrochemical studies, it pays path for large scale production of H2 for day-to-day life applications.
Biography
Dr. Lakshmana Reddy N, is well qualified and skilled researcher excel in the field of Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Energy and Environmental applications. Hands-on experience in synthesis of wide range of nanomaterials (0D, 1D, & 2D) for photocatalytic energy applications photo(electro)catalytic H2 generation. Dr. Reddy obtained his Ph.D. in 2018 from Yogi Vemana University, India under the guidance of Prof. M.V. Shankar, FRSC. Secured prestigious INSPIRE Fellowship sponsored by DST, Govt. of India for 5 years to pursue Ph.D. program on “Advanced Semiconductor Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation under Solar Light Irradiation”. Dr. Reddy has ten years of research expertise in synthesizing several nanostructured materials (nanoparticles, quantum dots, TiO2 nanotubes, nanorods, nanobelts, composites of metal oxides), 2D g-C3N4 nanosheets based composites, core-shell structures, hematite (α-Fe2O3) based photoanodes PEC water splitting for H2 generation and environmental remediation.
He gained international research lab experience by working in different countries including Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India, followed by Postdoctoral researcher in Kyungpook National University, South Korea, in the project Hematite based photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting (2018-2020). Later he extended his research worked on 2D g-C3N4 based photocatalysts as Brain Korea BK21 researcher in Jeonbuk National University, South Korea (2021-2022) followed by postdoc position in KU Leuven University, Belgium. Currently he is senior researcher in CNRS, France. Dr. Reddy have published 49 papers in SCI journals with h-index of 30 and more than 3200+ citations and author of 13 book chapters in the area of heterogeneous photocatalysis for energy and environmental applications.