This digital primer will empower you with some basic information about the field of artificial photosynthesis and the challenges for electro- and photocatalytic water splitting and prepare you to understand the relevant references for more detailed information.
Xuan Zhao is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Memphis. He received his B.S. in chemistry from Nankai University in 1993, M.S. from Peking University in 1996, and his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University in 2002. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prior joining the University of Memphis as a faculty member in September 2008. His research has been recognized by NSF CAREER Award with a focus on inorganic, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry, with a particular interest in designing metal complexes for hydrogen production.