Global Solar Facility,International Solar Alliance, Solar power, India

New artificial light-harvesting system using organic nanotubes useful for solar cells, photocatalysis, optical sensors & tunable multi-color light emitting materials

New Delhi, June 20, 2023:Inspired by natural photosynthetic systems, researchers have developed a new method of harvesting artificial light using organic nanotubes, which can be utilized in solar cells, photocatalysis, optical sensors, and tunable multi-color light-emitting materials. In nature, plants and photosynthetic bacteria capture sunlight and deliver it to the reaction center through a cascade […]

INSPIRE Faculty fellow modifying tiny dots for fabricating optical materials useful for optical sensors

New Delhi, April 5, 2021: Dr. Satyapriya Bhandari, from the Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, is fascinated by tiny nanoscale crystals which, when hit by ultraviolet light, emits light of multiple colours. This recipient of the INSPIRE Faculty fellowship instituted by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India is using chemical […]