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photocathodes for renewable hydrogen
Not exact matches
«It's satisfying to find a new twist on ideas dating back to the start of the 20th century, and as a materials physicist it is fascinating to be looking
for materials which would operate in an environment so different to standard
photocathodes.»
«Without a membrane, the photoanode and
photocathode are close enough to each other to conduct electricity, and if you also have bubbles of highly reactive hydrogen and oxygen gases being produced in the same place at the same time, that is a recipe
for disaster,» Lewis says.
The artificial leaf that Lewis» team is developing in part at Caltech's Joint Center
for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) consists of three main components: two electrodes — a photoanode and a
photocathode — and a membrane.
Chemists at The University of Texas at Arlington have been the first to demonstrate that an organic semiconductor polymer called polyaniline is a promising
photocathode material
for the conversion of carbon dioxide into alcohol fuels without the need
for a co-catalyst.
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photocathodes: Designs
for efficient light absorption in earth abundant solar fuels devices P. Kempler, M. Gonzalez, K. Papadantonakis, N. Lewis
«Without a membrane, the photoanode and
photocathode are close enough to each other to conduct electricity, and if you also have bubbles of highly reactive hydrogen and oxygen gases being produced in the same place at the same time, that is a recipe
for disaster,» Lewis says regarding his findings published in PNAS.
Dr. Ager's research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and
photocathodes based on abundant elements
for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide - and sulfide - based transparent conductors.
STIS uses three detectors: a cesium iodide
photocathode Multi-Anode Microchannel Array (MAMA)
for 115 to 170 nm, a cesium telluride MAMA
for 165 to 310 nm, and a Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
for 165 to 1000 nm.
Gary Moore, a chemist and principal investigator with Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division, led an efficiency analysis study of a unique
photocathode material he and his research group have developed
for catalyzing the production of hydrogen fuel from sunlight.
«We believe our method provides researchers at JCAP and elsewhere with an important tool
for developing integrated
photocathode materials that can be used in future solar - fuel generators as well as other technologies capable of reducing net carbon dioxide emissions.»