Javier Concepcion and Lei Wang (IMAGE)

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Javier Concepcion and Lei Wang

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Click on the image to download a high-resolution version.Brookhaven Lab chemist Javier Concepcion and Lei Wang, a graduate student at Stony Brook University, devised a scheme for assembling light-absorbing molecules and water-splitting catalysts on a nanoparticle-coated electrode. The result: production of hydrogen gas fuel via artificial photosynthesis and a platform for testing different combos to further improve efficiency.

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