Solar energy techniques

There is a large volume of contemporary literature dealing with the structure and chemical properties of species adsorbed at the solid-solution interface, making use of various spectroscopic and laser excitation techniques. Much of it is phenomenologically oriented and does not contribute in any clear way to the surface chemistry of the system included are many studies aimed at the eventual achievement of solar energy conversion. What follows here is a summary of a small fraction of this literature, consisting of references which are representative and which also yield some specific information about the adsorbed state. 

Aravindhababu, R, Mohan, G., Sasikala, J. 1999. Emerging energy conversion techniques for next millennium, in Proceedings National Solar Energy Convention 1999, Indore, 20-22 Dec 1999. Pushpkunj, Indore. 

Another power option was to derive energy from sunlight—solar energy—but in the 1960s, the technology to do this was not quite practical. Nuclear energy techniques were available, but NASA felt this would be too risky as well as too heavy. 

The decontamination of polluted waters by photocatalytic treatment has been suggested as a viable, low-cost, and environmental friendly technique. The possibility of using solar energy as well as low-cost technology pushed to develop solar plants based on this process. The field results are very encouraging [1]. 

These excited-state electron transfer reactions were mainly investigated using time-resolved spectroscopic techniques such as flash photolysis and flash fluorescence. The extensive work on the photochemistry of MLCT excited states is motivated by both the interest in basic science and the potential applications to many areas of chemistry, for example, biochemistry, solar energy, and conducting polymers.130 135... 

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