Quantum Mechanics, Squishy Materials, and Extreme ...
Quantum Mechanics, Squishy Materials, and Extreme Photosynthesis
Typically plants need an average of at least a few hundred watts per square meter of solar radiation to survive. At depths of a few hundred meters down in the ocean, the amount of solar radiation decays to around a millionth of the surface intensity so that ...
Hottel Lecture - Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by ...
Hottel Lecture - Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported ...
"Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported photoelectrochemical water splitting" Nathan S. LewisDivision of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringCalifornia Institute of Technology andBeckman Institute and Kavli Nanoscience Institute Friday, April 13, 2012 ...
Harnessing nature's solar cells
Harnessing nature's solar cells
MIT researcher Andreas Mershin has a vision that within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material.
The 'Artificial Leaf'
The 'Artificial Leaf'
An "artificial leaf" made by Daniel Nocera and his team, using a silicon solar cell with novel catalyst materials bonded to its two sides, is shown in a container of water with light (simulating sunlight) shining on it. The light generates a flow of electricity that causes the water molecules, ...
RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Marc A. Baldo
RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Marc A. Baldo
Professor Marc A. Baldo of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineering at the frontiers of soft semiconductor materials, excitonics, and energy innovation.
RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Center for Excitonics
RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Center for Excitonics
The Center for Excitonics is a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Our objective is to supersede traditional electronics with devices that use excitons to mediate the flow of energy. ...
Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock
Lunch with a Laureate: Richard Schrock
Growing up in Indiana, exploring the local woods and pit where fossils were found, Richard Schrock early on became interested in the natural world.
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver ...
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver (Arabic ...
Video Summary: The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and earth science. Educational studies have found that despite classroom presentations, most students retain their naïve idea that a plant's mass is mostly derived from the ...
Personalized Energy
Personalized Energy
09/15/2009 2:00 PM E19Daniel Nocera, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry; ; ; Description: Daniel Nocera is swimming very hard against the current of mainstream energy research. While many scientists are figuring out how to scale up wind, geothermal or biomass ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, ...
Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's ...
05/07/2009 4:30 PM Sheraton BostonWilliam Aulet, SM '94, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Jacques Beaudry"Losique, SM '92, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy; U.S. Department of Energy; ; Christina Lampe"Onnerud, Founder and CEO, ...
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver
BLOSSOMS - Roots, Shoots, and Wood with Kathleen Vandiver
Video Summary: The topic of photosynthesis is a fundamental concept in biology, chemistry, and earth science. Educational studies have found that despite classroom presentations, most students retain their naïve idea that a plant's mass is mostly derived from the ...
Daniel Nocera works on an artificial leaf
Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. MoreVideo: MIT ...
Electrons, Life and the Evolution of the Oxygen Cycle on ...
Electrons, Life and the Evolution of the Oxygen Cycle on Earth
10/09/2007 8:30 AM 10"250Paul G. Falkowski, Board of Governors Professor of Geological and Marine Science in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers UniversityDescription: Peeling away billions of years of ...
Whales to Wood, Wood to Coal/Oil" What's Next?
Whales to Wood, Wood to Coal/Oil" What's Next?
10/09/2007 2:15 PM 10"250Daniel Nocera, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry; ; ; Description: In 1845, the Dietz Company of New York introduced the sperm oil lantern, which nearly wiped out some whale species. A decade or so later, Dietz ...
The Second Law and Energy
The Second Law and Energy
10/05/2007 1:00 PM Broad InstituteSteven Chu, Secretary of EnergyDescription: This Nobel Prize"winning scientist admits to staying up late the night before his talk to bone up on thermodynamics. He puts his research to good use, discussing the history and application of the laws of ...
The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
10/25/2006 6:00 PM MuseumDaniel Nocera, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry; ; ; ; Angela Belcher, Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Biological EngineeringDescription: No single new technology can deliver ...
Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future
Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future
05/03/2006 10:00 AM KresgeYang Shao"Horn, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering ; Emanuel M. Sachs, '76, SM '76, PhD '83, Fred Fort Flowers '41 and Daniel Fort Flowers '41 Professor of ...
The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future
The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future
02/02/2006 4:00 PM BartosLee R. Lynd, Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Thayer School of Engineering and Department of Biology, Dartmouth College; Professor Extraordinary of Microbiology at the University of Stellenbosch in South ...