MacArthur 'genius' explains why artificial leaves need to work better than real ones

Friday, October 2, 2015 - 08:30 in Physics & Chemistry

It took nature millions of years to figure out how to turn sunlight into chemical energy that plants can store for a cloudy day. It took UC Berkeley chemist Peidong Yang about 10 years to accomplish a similar feat with the help of semiconducting nanowires and bacteria. That's one of the reasons...

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