Prashant Kamat // People // Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry // University of Notre Dame

Prashant Kamat

Nanostructure Architectures, Energy Conversion, Environmental Remediation

Biography

2010-present: Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science, University of Notre Dame
2006-present: Professor, University of Notre Dame
1983-2006: Professional Specialist, University of Notre Dame
1981-1983: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas, Austin
1979-1981: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University
1977-1979: Scientist, Hindustan Lever Research Center, Bombay, India
1979: Ph.D., in Physical Chemistry, Bombay University, India
1974: M.S. in Chemistry, Bombay University, India
1972: B.S. in Chemistry, Kamatak University, India

Selected Awards

2022: Porter Medal
2022: Richard E. Smalley Research Award, The Electrochemical Society
2022: Fellow, Materials Research Society
2016, 2015: Most Cited Researchers, Thomson Reuters
2016: Top 500 Living Chemists with Highest h-index, Chemistry World
2015: Pravasi Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
2014: Research Achievement Award, University of Notre Dame
2013: Langmuir Lectureship Award
2011: Fellow, American Chemical Society
2010: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2008: Fellow, The Electrochemical Society

Research Interests

The emphasis of our research is to elucidate the mechanistic and kinetic details of charge transfer processes in nanostructured assemblies with an objective to improve energy conversion efficiencies. Research projects in the following arease are currently being pursued.

Nanotechnology/Materials Chemistry. Metal and semiconductor nanostructures, Carbon Nanotubes and graphene based systems (synthesis, characterization, and surface functionalization; optical properties, photoelectrochemistry; and sensor applications).
Solar Energy Conversion. Design of inorganic-organic nanoassemblies for light energy conversion, and Quantum dot photovoltaics.
Chemical Processes in Heterogeneous Media.Surface photochemical processes, Molecular clusters, Ultrafast radiation and photochemical events at mesoscale, Mechanism and kinetics of photoeffects at semiconductor/electrolyte interface.
Solar fuels: Semiconductor metal composites for photocatalytic hydrogen production, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical reduction of CO₂

Recent Publications

Chakkamalayath, J.; Hartland, G. V. and Kamat, P. V. "Photoinduced Transformation of Cs(2)Au(2)Br(6)into CsPbBr(3)Nanocrystals Br" 2022 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13 (13), pp.2921-2927. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00473.
DuBose, J. T.; Christy, A.; Chakkamalayath, J. and Kamat, P. V. "Transformation of Perovskite Nanoplatelets to Large Nanostructures Driven by Solvent Polarity" 2022 ACS Materials Letters, 4 (1), pp.93-101. DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00663.
DuBose, J. T. and Kamat, P. V. "Directing Energy Transfer in Halide Perovskite-Chromophore Hybrid Assemblies" 2021 Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (45), pp.19214-19223. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09867.
Kipkorir, A.; DuBose, J.; Cho, J. S. and Kamat, P. V. "CsPbBr3-CdS Heterostructure: Stabilizing Perovskite Nanocrystals for Photocatalysis" 2021 Chemical Science, 12 (44), pp.14815-14825. DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04305f.
Cho, J.; Mathew, P. S.; DuBose, J. T. and Kamat, P. V. "Photoinduced Halide Segregation in Ruddlesden-Popper 2D Mixed Halide Perovskite Films" 2021 Advanced Materials, 33 (48), 2105585. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105585.
Dey, A.; Ye, J. Z.; De, A.; Debroye, E.; Ha, S. K.; Bladt, E.; Kshirsagar, A. S.; Wang, Z. Y.; Yin, J.; Wang, Y.; Quan, L. N.; Yan, F.; Gao, M. Y.; Li, X. M.; Shamsi, J.; Debnath, T.; Cao, M. H.; Scheel, M. A.; Kumar, S.; Steele, J. A.; Gerhard, M.; Chouhan, L.; Xu, K.; Wu, X. G.; Li, Y. X.; Zhang, Y. N.; Dutta, A.; Han, C.; Vincon, I.; Rogach, A. L.; Nag, A.; Samanta, A.; Korgel, B. A.; Shih, C. J.; Gamelin, D. R.; Son, D. H.; Zeng, H. B.; Zhong, H. Z.; Sun, H. D.; Demir, H. V.; Scheblykin, I. G.; Mora-Sero, I.; Stolarczyk, J. K.; Zhang, J. Z.; Feldmann, J.; Hofkens, J.; Luther, J. M.; Perez-Prieto, J.; Li, L.; Manna, L.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Kovalenko, M. V.; Roeffaers, M.; Pradhan, N.; Mohammed, O. F.; Bakr, O. M.; Yang, P. D.; Muller-Buschbaum, P.; Kamat, P. V.; Bao, Q. L.; Zhang, Q.; Krahne, R.; Galian, R. E.; Stranks, S. D.; Bals, S.; Biju, V.; Tisdale, W. A.; Yan, Y.; Hoye, R. and Polavarapu, L. "State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" 2021 ACS Nano, 15 (7), pp.10775-10981. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08903.