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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,

What affects performance? Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization – Opportunities and Challenges for Development of a Mature Concentrating Photovoltaic Power Industry; S. Kurtz, Technical Report, NREL/TP , Revised November 2009.

Where can I learn about the chemistry? Artificial Photosynthesis/Solar Fuels: Accounts of Chemical Research; volume 42, # (entire volume on artificial photosynthesis/solar fuels) Computational studies of the O 2 -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)

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 Hybrid Nanorod-Polymer Solar Cells; Wendy U. Huynh, Janke J. Dittmer, A. Paul Alivisatos, Science 295 (2002) pp – 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 “Nanotechnology for Next Generation Solar Cells” - Virtual Issue of J.Phys. Chem. C, Vol. vi, Issue 1, August 4, 2009 –

Where can I learn about the chemistry? Solar Thermal: Robert F. Service, Solar Fuels: Sunlight in Your Tank, Science 326 (2009) pp

Recommended Reading List Nathan S. Lewis, Chemical Challenges in Renewable Energy – rgy_notes.pdf