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Nanowires are promising building blocks for artificial photosynthesis.
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Nanowires enable novel solar cell geometries for improved performance.
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The nanowire geometry is intriguing for miniaturized optics and photonics.
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Nanowires can inhibit heat transport for next-generation thermoelectrics.
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January 2015
Sunlight Produces Hydrogen via 'Artificial Leaf'
Bin's paper highlighted by Photonics.com:
" A flat mesh of light-absorbing semiconductor nanowires can split water molecules, producing hydrogen gas that could be used for fuel....The mesh works without any electron mediators. The researchers said that large-scale networks of the mesh could be made using low-cost solution synthesis and vacuum filtration techniques. The hydrogen created by these mesh networks could fuel vehicles and power homes and businesses in an environmentally friendly way."
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