Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SN Bose 2017 Scholar
Mahima worked on plasmonic photocatalysis, wherein visible light excitation of metal, especially gold and silver nanoparticles, was used to induce chemical reactions like carbon dioxide reduction and ethylene oxidation. It involved synthesis of the catalyst followed by monitoring the efficiency of the photocatalysis reaction. The methods of study used were gas chromatography, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy. The broad area of work is solar energy harvesting.
