Green Catalysts for Energy Transformation and Emission Control

This book addresses the most advanced research topics in the fabrication and application of environmentally friendly catalysts for energy conversion and emission control. The topics that are covered in this book include fabrication and characterization of environmentally benign catalysts, catalytic process for reduction, chemistry and catalysis of particulate and gaseous pollutants, water splitting for hydrogen production.

Virender K. Sharma received his Ph.D. in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry at the University of Miami after graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India with the Master in Technology. In January 2014, he has joined School of Public Health (SPH) at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas as a full Professor. Currently, he is serving as an Interim Head of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, SPH.

Sue-min Chang received her B.S. degree in Chemistry in June 1997 and Ph.D. degree in Atomic Science in November 2004 from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. After a short-term postdoctoral training, she joined Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, as an Assistant Professor in August 2005, and has been promoted to Associate Professor since 2010.

Ruey-an Doong received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at National Taiwan University, Taiwan after graduation from the National Chung-Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan. Currently, he is the Dean of College of Nuclear Science and a full professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Chien-Hou Wu received his B.S. in 1989 and M.S. in 1993 under the supervision of Professor Wann-Yin Lin, both in Chemistry from National Taiwan University, Taiwan. He went on to obtain his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1999. He then spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow in the Power, Environmental and Energy Research Institute at California Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty of National Tsing Hua University as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences in 2000 and became Associate Professor in 2005.