Solar Energy
Using new approaches to photochemistry, UB chemists are developing novel self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that may play a role in creating more efficient solar cells. Researchers are studying and characterizing photo-induced surface electron transfer reactions occurring within self-assembled inorganic nanomaterials, the reactions that drive solar cells and photocatalysts. Developing a self-assembly technique for attaching quantum dots to metal oxide films and improving upon the targeted patterning could lead to the increased efficiency of light harvesting.
