Development and Application of Methods for Understanding Interfacial Charge Transfer in Photocatalytic Water Splitting Materials

The goal of this proposal is to develop and implement new methods to understand how interfacial charge transfer occurs at the water/semiconductor interface. In particular wewill work on two sides of this problem, one moreapplied and one more fundamental. On the applied side we will continue working on understanding photocatalysisat the interface of oxide perovskites and water. This work represents the theory side of a common effortwith an experimental group (Prof. Matthew Dawber) at Stony brook University. Our theory wor  is not funded through any other proposal, and the experimental work started after discussion with our group.Results from previous proposal have taught us which are therelevant problems to address.