With regard to the Hindthonre F/E device using iron pyrites, I stumbled
across this website relating to a proposed method to make iron oxide
optically receptive, strangely fitting the Hindthorn claim of needing
direct sunlight to power his circuit??? Weird...check it out;
http://frontpage.crdf.inter.net/Abstracts/fund/AE1373.html
Past collaborations with University of Yerevan and the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory on doped iron oxide materials produced some
very interesting results.
Doped iron oxide materials fabricated at the University and analyzed at
NREL showed unexpected behavior of a direct bandgap in contrast to the
pure iron oxide material. This opens the possibility of utilizing
inexpensive material for photoelectrochemical devices.
We propose to collaborate on the further study of such doped iron oxide
materials with the goal of achieving a stable, small bandgap,
photoelectrochemical material.
A successful result will be indicated by an increase efficiency of the
photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy by use of
photoelectrodes made of doped iron oxide materials as the result of the
investigations carried out in the framework of this project.
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