CalTech Lecture Ride - Powering the Planet with Solar Fuel
02.18.09
Meetup TODAY, 6:30pm 2/18/09
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Roll at 7pm SHARP
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Harry Gray
Powering the Planet with Solar Fuel
Many research groups are trying to find efficient and economical ways of storing solar energy in chemical bonds. A major goal is to split water into its elemental components — hydrogen and oxygen — using solar-driven molecular machines that are designed to be even more efficient than natural photosynthesis. Great progress toward this goal has been made recently in work at Caltech on nanoscale water-splitting devices built from Earth-abundant elements.
Harry B. Gray is Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry and Founding Director of the Beckman Institute at Caltech.
Harry Gray
Presented By: Caltech Committee on Institute Programs
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