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Solar Energy and Solar Fuels. Berman / Moriarty 2/10/10. What performance is required?. Powering the Planet: Chemical Challenges in Solar Energy Utilization; Nathan S. Lewis and Daniel G. Nocera, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2006, 103, 15729-15735. What affects performance?.
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Solar Energy and Solar Fuels Berman / Moriarty 2/10/10
What performance is required? • Powering the Planet: Chemical Challenges in Solar Energy Utilization; Nathan S. Lewis and Daniel G. Nocera, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2006, 103, 15729-15735.
What affects performance? • Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization • http://www.er.doe.gov/bes/reports/abstracts.html#SEU • Opportunities and Challenges for Development of a Mature Concentrating Photovoltaic Power Industry; S. Kurtz, Technical Report, NREL/TP-520-43208, Revised November 2009.
Where can I learn about the chemistry? Artificial Photosynthesis/Solar Fuels: • Accounts of Chemical Research; volume 42, #12. 2009 (entire volume on artificial photosynthesis/solar fuels) • Computational studies of the O2-evolving complex of photosystem II and biomimetic oxomanganese complexes; Eduardo M. Sproviero, José A. Gascon, James P. McEvoy, Gary W. Brudvig, Victor S. Batista, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 252 (2008) 395–415. • Photochemical Conversion of Solar Energy; V. Balzani, A. Credi and M. Venturi, ChemSusChem, 1 (2008) 26-58.
Where can I learn about the chemistry? Photovoltaics: Solar Cells • Organic solar cells: An overview; Harald Hoppe, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, J. Mater. Res, 19 (2004) pp. 1924 - 1945. • Hybrid Nanorod-Polymer Solar Cells; Wendy U. Huynh, Janke J. Dittmer, A. Paul Alivisatos, Science 295 (2002) pp. 2425 – 2427. • The path to 25% silicon solar cell efficiency: History of silicon cell evolution; Martin A. Green, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 17 (2009) pp. 183-189. • “Nanotechnology for Next Generation Solar Cells” - Virtual Issue of J.Phys. Chem. C, Vol. vi, Issue 1, August 4, 2009 • http://pubs.acs.org/page/jpccck/vi/1
Where can I learn about the chemistry? Solar Thermal: • Robert F. Service, Solar Fuels: Sunlight in Your Tank, Science 326 (2009) pp. 1472 - 1475
Recommended Reading List • Nathan S. Lewis, Chemical Challenges in Renewable Energy • http://nsl.caltech.edu/files/energy_notes.pdf