Electrode-fitted microscope points to better designed devices that make fuel from sunlight

ScienceDaily
Oct 7, 2019, 1:10 pm42 pts
Using an atomic-force microscope fitted with an electrode tip 1,000 times smaller than a human hair, researchers have identified in real time how nanoscale catalysts collect charges that are excited by light in semiconductors. It's a discovery that could help efforts to design devices that can store solar power…

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