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Key principle to boost efficiency of artificial photosynthesis and next-generation semiconductors

A research team led by Taeyeon Kim, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with a team from Yonsei University, has identified a new principle that controls charge separation, a phenomenon that plays a central role in both plants' generation of electri...

Key principle to boost efficiency of artificial photosynthesis and next-generation semiconductors
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A research team led by Taeyeon Kim, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University, in collaboration with a team from Yonsei University, has identified a new principle that controls charge separation, a phenomenon that plays a central role in both plants' generation of electrical energy (photosynthesis) and next-generation molecular semiconductor devices.

Originally published at Phys.org

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