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    Professor Daniel G. Nocera from MIT will give a lecture on his work developing an artificial leaf that uses earth-abundant materials to directly convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into fuels. His artificial leaf consists of a silicon wafer coated with catalysts that promote the oxygen and hydrogen evolving reactions, allowing it to efficiently split water into hydrogen and oxygen simply by being placed in water and exposed to sunlight with no wires or other components. This breakthrough provides a means for inexpensive and distributed solar-to-fuels conversion using simple systems that could scale production of renewable fuels.

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    Professor Daniel G. Nocera from MIT will give a lecture on his work developing an artificial leaf that uses earth-abundant materials to directly convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into fuels. His artificial leaf consists of a silicon wafer coated with catalysts that promote the oxygen and hydrogen evolving reactions, allowing it to efficiently split water into hydrogen and oxygen simply by being placed in water and exposed to sunlight with no wires or other components. This breakthrough provides a means for inexpensive and distributed solar-to-fuels conversion using simple systems that could scale production of renewable fuels.

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    PolyU ABCT Public Seminar (Prof - Nocera)

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    Professor Daniel G. Nocera from MIT will give a lecture on his work developing an artificial leaf that uses earth-abundant materials to directly convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into fuels. His artificial leaf consists of a silicon wafer coated with catalysts that promote the oxygen and hydrogen evolving reactions, allowing it to efficiently split water into hydrogen and oxygen simply by being placed in water and exposed to sunlight with no wires or other components. This breakthrough provides a means for inexpensive and distributed solar-to-fuels conversion using simple systems that could scale production of renewable fuels.

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    Departmentof AppliedBiology andChemicalTechnology Di ti Distinguished i h d Lecture L t f celebrating for l b ti PolyUs P l U 75th Anniversary A i

    The Artificial Leaf


    Professor Daniel G. Nocera
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA

    Date: 13 Jun 2012 (Wednesday) Time: 4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Venue: Y301, Lee Shau Kee Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Biography
    Daniel G. Nocera is the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director of the Solar Revolutions Project and Director of the Eni Solar Frontiers Center at MIT. His group pioneered studies of the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry. He has recently accomplished a solar fuels process that captures the basic elements of photosynthesis and he has translated this science i t create to t the th artificial tifi i l leaf. l f This Thi discovery sets the stage for a storage mechanism for the large scale, distributed, deployment of solar energy. He has been awarded the Eni Prize, IAPS Award, Burghausen Prize, the Inorganic Chemistry, Harrison Howe and Remsen Awards from the American Chemical Society, Elizabeth Wood Award and the United Nations Science and Technology Award for his contributions to the development of renewable energy. Time Magazine named his artificial leaf as the Innovation of the Year for 2011. He is a member of the American Academy y of Arts and Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He was named as 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time Magazine and was 11th on the New Statesmans list on the same topic.

    Abstract
    It has been said for an ideal solar fuels process that the system requirements are: Earth-abundant materials No N wires i Direct solar-to-fuels process Two earth abundant catalysts have been discovered that promote the oxygen evolving reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolving reaction (HER). The ability to operate these catalysts under d benign b i conditions diti (i water (in t at t pH H 7 and d under 1 atm) has enabled the construction of the artificial leaf, which consists of a silicon wafer, coated with the respective OER and HER catalysts. By immersing the artificial leaf in water and holding it up to sunlight causes efficient water splitting; and all of this is done with no wires. wires The system surpasses the prescription from the community because it also does not rely on a membrane. By constructing a simple, stand-alone device composed of earth-abundant materials, the artificial leaf provides a means for an inexpensive and distributed direct solar-to-fuels solar to fuels conversion process with low-cost systems engineering and manufacturing requirements. The science behind the catalysts and the artificial leaf will be presented.

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