There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.

Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

I and i

THE large-scale use of photovoltaic devices for electricity generation is prohibitively expensive at present: generation from existing commercial devices costs about ten times more than conventional methods1. Here we describe a photovoltaic cell, created from low-to medium-purity materials through low-cost processes, which exhibits a commercially realistic energy-conversion efficiency. The device is based on a 10-µm-thick, optically transparent film of titanium dioxide particles a few nanometres in size, coated with a monolayer of a charge-transfer dye to sensitize the film for light harvesting. Because of the high surface area of the semiconductor film and the ideal spectral characteristics of the dye, the device harvests a high proportion of the incident solar energy flux (46%) and shows exceptionally high efficiencies for the conversion of incident photons to electrical current (more than 80%). The overall light-to-electric energy conversion yield is 7.1-7.9% in simulated solar light and 12% in diffuse daylight. The large current densities (greater than 12 mA cm-2) and exceptional stability (sustaining at least five million turnovers without decomposition), as well as the low cost, make practical applications feasible.

A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1（PfPMP1）与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用，在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员，通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

疟原虫var基因转换速率变化导致抗原变异[英]／Paul H, Robert P, Christodoulou Z, et al//Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, Modifications, and Applications

This critical review shows the basis of photocatalytic water splitting and experimental points, and surveys heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting into H2 and O2, and H2 or O2 evolution from an aqueous solution containing a sacrificial reagent Many oxides consisting of metal cations with d0 and d10 configurations, metal (oxy)sulfide and metal (oxy)nitride photocatalysts have been reported, especially during the latest decade The fruitful photocatalyst library gives important information on factors affecting photocatalytic performances and design of new materials Photocatalytic water splitting and H2 evolution using abundant compounds as electron donors are expected to contribute to construction of a clean and simple system for solar hydrogen production, and a solution of global energy and environmental issues in the future (361 references)

Heterogeneous photocatalyst materials for water splitting

The disclosure relates to compositions, devices and methods for screening of photocatalysts for water-splitting.

High-throughput screening and device for photocatalysts

Semiconducting hexathiapentacene (HTP) single–crystal nanowires were synthesized using a simple solution-phase route. Quartz Crystal Microbalance and complex resistance measurements were employed to investigate the sensing properties of an HTP nanowire to analytes including acid, amine, and hydrocarbon vapors. Cole-Cole plots (0.01Hz-4 MHz) of measured impedance spectra, modeled using equivalent circuits, were used to resolve the effects of adsorption and charge migration.

Hexathiapentacene Nanowires as Chemical Vapor Sensors

Gleichzeitige bestimmung von gleichgewichts- und kinetischen eigenschaften

Although VO_22^+(aq) reduction is kinetically slow at glassy carbon and Pt electrodes, phosphomolybdic acid is shown to catalyze the electrochemical reduction of VO_2^+(aq) to VO_2^+(aq) in 1.0 M H_2SO_4(aq). A second-order rate constant of 33 M^(-1) s^(-1) was observed for this process. ^(31)P NMR spectra demonstrated that PMo_(11)VO_(40)^(4-) and PMo_(18)V_2O_(40)^(50-) were the dominant P-containing species under electrocatalytic conditions. The incorporation of V^V into the polyoxoanion led to a shift in potential from E^o(VO^(2+)(aq)/VO^(2+)(aq)) = +0.80 V vs Ag/AgCl for free V^V/V^(IV) to Eo' = +0.55 V vs Ag/AgCl for V^(V)/V^(Iv) bound in the heteropolyoxometalate (PMo_(11)VO_(40_^(4-)). This shift in formal potential corresponded to an equilibrium constant of 1.7 X 10^4 M^(-1) for preferential binding of V^V over V^(IV) by the heteropolyoxoanion. This negative shift in redox potential, combined with the slow electrochemical kinetics of free VO_2^+(aq) reduction and with the facile reaction of bound V^(IV) with free V^V in 1.0 M H_2SO_4(aq), resulted in the irreversible electrocatalytic reduction of VO_2^+(aq) to VO^(2+)(aq).

Irreversible Electrocatalytic Reduction of V(V) to V(IV) Using Phosphomolybdic Acid.

The present invention relates to devices, particularly photovoltaic devices, incorporating Group IIB/VA semiconductors such phosphides, arsenides, and/or antimonides of one or more of Zn and/or Cd. In particular, the present invention relates to methodologies, resultant products, and precursors thereof in which electronic performance of the semiconductor material is improved by causing the Group IIB/VA semiconductor material to react with at least one metal-containing species (hereinafter co-reactive species) that is sufficiently co-reactive with at least one Group VA species incorporated into the Group IIB/VA semiconductor as a lattice substituent (recognizing that the same and/or another Group VA species also optionally may be incorporated into the Group IIB/VA semiconductor in other ways, e.g., as a dopant or the like).

Nathan S. Lewis

Papers

High-throughput screening and device for photocatalysts

Hexathiapentacene Nanowires as Chemical Vapor Sensors

Gleichzeitige bestimmung von gleichgewichts- und kinetischen eigenschaften

Irreversible Electrocatalytic Reduction of V(V) to V(IV) Using Phosphomolybdic Acid.

Improved group iib/va semiconductors suitable for use in photovoltaic devices