New approach improves efficiency of converting sunlight to hydrogen fuel; provides platform for testing different combos of light-absorbers and catalysts
Scientists at Brookhaven Lab's center for functional nanomaterials created 'hybrid' organic-inorganic materials for transferring ultrasmall, high-aspect-ratio features into silicon for next-generation electronic devices
Scientists chemically treated the surface of wire-looking nanostructures made of zinc oxide to apply a uniform coating of titanium dioxide; these semiconducting nanowires could be used as high-activity catalysts for solar fuel production