How iron carbenes store energy from sunlight -- and why they aren't better at it

ScienceDaily
Feb 6, 2020, 3:58 pm178 pts
Photosensitizers absorb sunlight and pass that energy along to generate electricity or drive chemical reactions. Scientists watched what happened when light hit an inexpensive photosensitizer, iron carbene, and discovered it can respond in two competing ways, only one only one of which allows electrons to flow…

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