Photocatalyst architectures from biologically inspired self-assembly
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 10:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Center for Nanoscale Materials' users from the Solar Energy Conversion group of Argonne's Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division (CSE) have used biologically inspired self-assembly to build photocatalyst architectures with highly integrated light-harvesting and catalyst components for light-activated hydrogen production. A key challenge in the design of new photocatalysts for the conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels is finding just the right connection between components to facilitate and stabilize the relevant electronic and chemical transformations.