News tagged with gold electrode

Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2

Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Self-assembling solar panels a step closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists Robert J. Knuesel and Heiko O. Jacobs of the University of Minnesota have developed a way to make tiny solar cells self-assemble.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Energy from light and water: New photocatalytic method for the clean production of hydrogen from water

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen-powered fuel cells and solar energy are the best hope for a more environmentally friendly and resource-sparing energy supply in the future. A combination of the two is considered to be particularly ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop golden window electrodes for organic solar cells

Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells. Contrary to what one might expect, these electrodes have the potential to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Plugging in Molecular Wires

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are masters of everything to do with solar energy because they are able to almost completely transform captured sunlight into chemical energy. This is in ...

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0