Prashant V. Kamat
| Prashant V. Kamat | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Professor and Researcher, University of Notre Dame |
Prashant V. Kamat is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Principal Scientist of Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame. He is affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as a Concurrent Professor. He earned his masters (1974) and doctoral degree (1979) in Physical Chemistry from Bombay University, and carried out his postdoctoral research at Boston University (1979–1981) and University of Texas at Austin (1981–1983).
Research career
Kamat has made significant research contributions in the area of utilizing nanomaterials for light energy conversion. He has published more than 420 peer-reviewed journal papers, review articles and book chapters. He has edited two books in the area of nanoscale materials. He was a fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science during 1997 and 2003 and was presented 2006 Honda-Fujishima Lectureship award by the Japan Photochemical Society. In 2008 he became a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. In 2011 he was #59 on the list of the Top 100 Chemists, 2000-2010 by Thomson Reuters with an impact (citations per paper) of 64.91.[1]
Recent publications
- doi:10.1021/jp066952u Meeting the Clean Energy Demand: Nanostructure Architectures for Solar Energy Conversion Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007. 111 2834-2860
- doi:10.1021/ja0782706 Kongkanand, A.; Tvrdy, K.; Takechi, K.; Kuno, M. K.; Kamat, P. V., Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Tuning Photoresponse through Size and Shape Control of CdSe-TiO2 Architecture. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008. 130 4007-4015
External links
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame
- Prashant V. Kamat profile (University of Notre Dame)
- Prashant V. Kamat Group Website (University of Notre Dame)