How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight - and why they aren't better at it
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 18:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Photosensitizers are molecules that absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. A SLAC study looked at how an inexpensive photosensitizer, iron carbene, stores energy from sunlight, and why it's not better at its job.