[MOS] May 5, 2009

[Zina Queen]

Seminar on

Modern Optics and Spectroscopy

Sunlight in a drop of water

Daniel Nocera, MIT


Tuesday, May 5, 2009


12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Personalized energy at low cost presents new basic research targets, 
many of which are squarely centered in the endeavors of chemical, 
physical and materials research. Because personalized energy will be 
possible only if solar energy is a 24/7 available supply, the key 
enabler for personalized energy is inexpensive storage. Studies of 
multielectron chemistry and proton-coupled electron transfer in my 
group have led to the creation of a new catalyst that captures many 
of the functional elements of photosynthesis and in doing so provides 
a highly manufacturable and inexpensive method to effect a 
fuel-forming reaction that provides a carbon-neutral and sustainable 
method of solar storage - water-splitting. Some of this discovery 
will be discussed in this seminar.

Grier Room, MIT Bldg 34-401
Refreshments served after the lecture
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