Scientists have developed a new composite photocathode for generating hydrogen using sunlight. The photocathode consists of a thin film of chalcopyrite coated with a newly developed thin film of ...

NAGOYA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photo electron Soul Inc. (Takayuki Suzuki CEO, hereafter “PeS”), a startup company launched by Nagoya University, announced today that it has raised 730 million yen ...

Researchers at the Newman Lab are currently experimenting on different photocathode materials and their degradation to improve their durability in harsh environments. In doing so, they will better ...

Advances in materials science have improved the composition of materials used in photocathode production that can operate at visible wavelengths and produce a beam with reduced transverse electron ...

Photoelectrochemical cells are promising tools for the conversion of sunlight into fuel, for example, water into hydrogen, or CO2 into organic molecules. To realize this, a higher efficiency of the ...

High efficiency: artist’s impression of electrons emitted from the surface of a photocathode. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Anteromite) An ultrathin photocathode that is ...

U.K. researchers have developed a battery with a photocathode made of vanadium dioxide, which is used to harvest light and store zinc ions and zinc oxide as a charge transport layer. The device showed ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2017 -- Photocathodes used in linear accelerator facilities, free electron lasers and advanced X-ray light sources generate a beam of electrons to probe matter at an ...