Sentences with phrase «photosynthesis devices»
A bismuth vanadate thin - film electrode is being tested in an electrolyte solution to mimic conditions in an artificial photosynthesis device.
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A bismuth vanadate thin - film electrode is being tested in an electrolyte solution to mimic conditions in an artificial photosynthesis device.
A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen for use in fuel cells.
«Now you can put this on a bench top and show people an artificial photosynthesis device that, with additional development, can be turned into a deployable technology,» Koval says.
Its assignment was to develop a viable artificial photosynthesis device by 2015.
Not exact matches
«Because these plants are photosynthetic, it's not surprising to find that as the amount of sea ice cover declined, the amount of [photosynthesis] increased,» says biological oceanographer Kevin Arrigo of Stanford University's School of Earth Sciences, who led an effort to use the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) devices on NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites to determine changes in phytoplankton growth.
The team also incorporated a battery in the prototype device to attain stable and continuous production of ethylene, a key challenge in artificial photosynthesis systems.
The problem is that the active chemical environments needed for artificial photosynthesis are damaging to the semiconductors used to capture solar energy and power the device.
The prototype could pave the way for commercially viable devices that use artificial photosynthesis.
The device is inspired by the natural process of photosynthesis, in which plants produce energy by tapping on sunlight to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Having largely achieved that task using several types of devices, JCAP scientists doing solar - driven carbon dioxide reduction began setting their sights on achieving efficiencies similar to those demonstrated for water splitting, considered by many to be the next big challenge in artificial photosynthesis.
While the process most closely resembles artificial photosynthesis, Lewis» solar fuel device won't resemble a leaf.
The problem is that the active chemical environments needed for artificial photosynthesis are damaging to the semiconductors used to capture solar energy and power the device.
The two chambers separate the two processes of generation of electrons through photosynthesis and the conversion of those electrons to electricity, which in previous devices has be done in a single unit.