Harvesting hydrogen fuel from the Sun using Earth-abundant materials
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 13:10
in Physics & Chemistry
The race is on to optimize solar energy's performance. More efficient silicon photovoltaic panels, dye-sensitized solar cells, concentrated cells and thermodynamic solar plants all pursue the same goal: to produce a maximum amount of electrons from sunlight. Those electrons can then be converted into electricity to turn on lights and power your refrigerator.