Todd Krauss will present a lecture titled Science and Sustainability: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy: Why Size Matters in Gavett Hall, 301 on the UofR Campus.

Todd Krauss, Professor and Chair of Chemistry at Ur, will introduce fundamental concepts of nanoscience as well as some current applications, with a focus on colloidal semiconductor nanoparticles. Central to this discussion is the basic idea that at nanometer length scales size strongly affects physical properties. Applications of colloidal nanoparticles in the field of renewable energy production will be discussed, including possible third-generation solar cells, and solar based production of chemical fuels. In particular, we will focus on the possible future role of nanoparticles for the splitting of water using sunlight and the subsequent photochemical reduction of those protons into hydrogen gas.

[source: University of Rochester events calendar, 2017-Nov-20]