Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage

Peng Hu 1 and Yuebin Cao 2 and Ning Han 3 and Danping Wang 4 and Jiangchao Chen 5 1, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea 3, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 4, Energy Research Institute, NTU (ERIN), 637141, Singapore 5, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA Received 10 September 2015; Accepted 13 September 2015; 28 October 2015 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Another alternative and interesting approach to utilize solar energy is through the processes of photocatalysis or artificial photosynthesis to convert solar energy into chemical energy to drive certain chemical reactions, for example, water splitting or photodegradation of organic pollutants.