Iron-based photoanodes with tunable band structure for solar water splitting

化学部支持科罗拉多矿业学院的雷切尔·莫里什成为美国化学竞争力研究员。莫里什博士将合成和研究由富含地球的材料(Fe/O/S)制成的纳米材料制成的光阳极的行为。她将与国家可再生能源实验室的科学家合作，对这些材料进行表征，并将光阳极引入串联电池。对于她扩大参与的计划，国际和平协会将开发一个实践太阳能示范，用于外联活动和公立学校教师培训。这些活动将接触到科罗拉多州地区大量代表不足的学生。像莫里什博士这样的研究旨在开发从太阳能产生燃料的新型材料。这些材料可能有助于开发可持续能源生产的解决方案。莫里什博士正在开发的特殊材料是“绿色”的，因为它们使用了毒性低、富含地球的元素。莫里什博士正在努力扩大参与度，目的是让山区各州人数不足的学生在与可持续发展有关的重要科学领域开展实践活动。

The Division of Chemistry supports Rachel Morrish of the Colorado School of Mines as an American Competitiveness in Chemistry Fellow. Dr. Morrish will synthesize and study the behavior of photoanodes made from nanomaterials created from earth-abundant materials (Fe/O/S). She will collaborate with scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to characterize these materials and incorporate photoanodes into tandem cells. For her plan for broadening participation, the PI will develop a hands-on solar energy demonstration for use in outreach activities and public school teacher-training. These activities will reach a large number of underrepresented students in the Colorado area.Research like that of Dr. Morrish is aimed at developing new kinds of materials for the generation of fuel from solar energy. These materials may help in developing solutions for sustainable energy production. The particular materials that Dr. Morrish is developing are "green" in that they use earth-abundant elements that have low toxicity. The efforts at broadening participation being pursued by Dr. Morrish are aimed at giving underrepresented students in the mountain states hands-on activities in important areas of science related to sustainability.