Oct
9
New Organic Solar Material Makes Water Into Hydrogen Fuel
October 9, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Scientists from the University of Liverpool, University College London and East China University of Science and Technology have synthesized a new organic material using sunlight that can convert water into hydrogen fuel. The research team’s paper has been published in Nature Chemistry. Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production – or water splitting – offers an abundant clean […]
Oct
4
Solar Powered Eco Friendly Quantum Dots Make Hydrogen Fuel
October 4, 2018 | Leave a Comment
University of Zurich researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle for novel use in artificial photosynthesis by adding zinc sulfide on the surface of indium-based quantum dots. These quantum dots produce clean hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight – a sustainable source of energy. They introduce new eco-friendly and powerful materials to solar photocatalysis. […]
Oct
3
A Better Kind Of Lignin Found
October 3, 2018 | Leave a Comment
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have shown that a recently-discovered variety of lignin called catechyl lignin (C-lignin) has attributes that could make it well-suited as the starting point for a range of bioproducts. Lignin makes up about a quarter of plant biomass and is the most abundant source of renewable aromatics on Earth. Aromatics are materials […]
Oct
2
A New Synthesized Perovskite Solar Cell Developed
October 2, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Scientists from the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) believe they’ve found a winning formula in a new method to fabricate low-cost high-efficiency solar cells. Professor Yabing Qi and his team from OIST in collaboration with Professor Shengzhong Liu from Shaanxi Normal University, China, […]