Nanoscience at Work: Creating Energy from Sunlight (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Multimedia · Mon May 14 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:1007522

Alivisatos, Paul ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Paul Alivisatos, co-leader of Berkeley Lab's Helios Project, is the Associate Director for Physical Sciences and director of the Materials Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab. In the Helios Project, Alivisatos will use nanotechnology in the efficient capture of sunlight and its conversion to electricity to drive economical fuel production processes. He is an authority on artificial nanostructure synthesis and inventor of the quantum dot technology.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Friends of Science: Chabot Space and Science Center; The Exploratorium; Lawrence Hall of Science; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; University of California - Berkeley, Albany High School Science Dept; Berkeley High School Science Dept; Oakland High School Science Dept
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1007522
• Resource Relation: Conference: Science at the Theater Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, presented on May 14, 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTRICITY
NANOSTRUCTURES
PRODUCTION
QUANTUM DOTS
SYNTHESIS
NANO MATERIALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY