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SUMMARY:Open-ended inorganic nanotubes: band-gap and bands-engineering of 
 a photo-catalyst - Dr Gilberto Teobaldi
DTSTART:20131216T160000Z
DTEND:20131216T170000Z
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CONTACT:Nalin Patel
DESCRIPTION:Winton teatime discussion on Photocatalysis for converting sun
 light into industrially viable forms of energy or fuels.  Hosted by Prof D
 avid MacKay and Dr Gilberto Teobaldi. Dr Teobaldi is based at the Stephens
 on Institute for Renewable Energy at the University of Liverpool and the D
 epartment of Chemistry.\n\nAs the costs of energy production increase\, du
 e to both the limitation of resources and the impact of an oil-fuelled eco
 nomy on the climate\, the significance of materials and technologies capab
 le of converting sunlight into industrially viable forms such as electrica
 l power or fuels has been steadily growing. Crucial to this energy convers
 ion is the presence of photo-catalysts (PCs) i.e. substances capable of ge
 nerating\, upon light absorption\, highly reactive excited electron-hole (
 e*-h) pairs which may eventually transfer excited state energy or\, follow
 ing their separation\, enter an electric circuit or being transferred to r
 eactants. These processes can then be used to produce electrical current\,
  fuels and chemical feedstocks\, to decompose pollutants\, and even for vi
 ruses or bacteria disinfection.
LOCATION:TCM Seminar room\, 530 Mott
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