U-M researchers working toward efficient harvesting of solar energy
At the University of Michigan College of Engineering, recent breakthroughs may lead to more effective means for harnessing the power of the sun.
Nanomaterials
May 4, 2011
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Urchin-like CoFe-layered double hydroxide synthesized for high-efficiency electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
A research team led by Professor Wang Qi from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has successfully synthesized a heterogeneous Ce@CoFe-LDH electrocatalyst by combining a simple hydrothermal ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 7, 2024
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Water splitting: Ultrahigh resolution data reveals reaction mechanisms
Oxygenic photosynthetic organisms utilize energy from the sun to split water into protons, electrons and oxygen—products vital to life on earth. The process takes place through light-induced electron transfer reactions ...
Materials Science
Sep 21, 2012
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Improving performance of a solar fuel catalyst
(Phys.org)—Hydrogen gas that is created using solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has the potential to be a cost-effective fuel source if the efficiency of the catalysts used in the water-splitting process ...
Materials Science
Oct 4, 2012
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Increased knowledge on how plants form oxygen from water molecules
With the help of experimental studies on molecular level, researchers are acquiring increased knowledge on how plants form oxygen from water molecules. An international research team has now found a way to visualise this ...
Materials Science
Nov 22, 2016
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Insights from nature for more efficient water splitting
Water splitting is one of the critical reactions that sustain life on earth, and could be a key to the creation of future fuels. It is a key in the process of photosynthesis, through which plants produce glucose and oxygen ...
Materials Science
Jun 30, 2014
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Simple solution makes hydrogen production through solar water splitting more efficient and cheaper
Researchers from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands), in collaboration with colleagues from the École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland), have found a simple yet very effective ...
Materials Science
Jul 13, 2016
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Computer simulations of a metal–sulfide alloy unlock the secrets to designing solar-powered catalysts
Partnerships can pay off when it comes to converting solar into chemical energy. By modeling a cadmium sulfide (CdS)–zinc sulfide (ZnS) alloy with special computational techniques, a Singapore-based research team has identified ...
Materials Science
Sep 26, 2012
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The limits of hematite
Hematite and other transition metal oxides are used in the renewable production of hydrogen. Researchers at the TU Darmstadt have discovered why the materials reached their limits doing so. Their results have now been published ...
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2018
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Cobalt and tungsten—the key to cheaper, cleaner hydrogen
Electrolysis, splitting water molecules with electricity, is the cleanest way to obtain hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel. Now, researchers at ICIQ and URV, led by Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós, have designed a new ...
Materials Science
Oct 31, 2017
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