Gary Brudving, a Yale chemistry professor, is in the process of making artificial leaves. Brudving and others are creating a substance which will have the same characteristics of a leaf. He says "We, want to use the principles from nature to design an artificial leaf." Why you ask? He and his colleagues want to create another way in which energy from the sun can be generated inexpensively. These "leaves," made from silicon, will be placed on the top of roofs of homes in third world countries, where people can generate hydrogen in the place they want to use it. However, these teams of scientist working on this are not yet close to releasing this technology. With more than $122 million dollars donated by the federal Department of Energy, the artificial leaf should be perfected in the next 5-7 years.
This leaf will be very helpful in the future. With this leaf, third world countries now have a way to generate energy without spending a lot of money. This is because by placing these leaves on the roof and placing water on them will abort fossil fuel. Another advantage is that the water used as a catalyst
for these leaves need not be pure, making their usages in these less fortunate countries easier. Soon enough, these leaves could help us heat our homes and run our cars.
This article was very informative and straight to the point which I liked. However, the article contradicted itself half way through by saying that this technology is revolutionary and ready for use, but then it stated that what is developed so far can not be used which was a bit confusing for me. All in all this was an interesting article.
posted for L. Dowe
2 comments:
1. How this technology can be used was very well-presented.
2. Lauren clearly communicated the benefits of this technology most specifically in third world countries.
3. She also effectively explained how these leaves work in a clear and simple manner.
1. Lauren could have discussed the financial aspects of this project to see whether it truly would be possible to use this technology in third world countries or on a daily basis.
2. Another point Lauren could have covered is how this potential new source of energy would affect our current resources for energy.
1. I was impressed to learn yet another way scientists are exploring alternative energy resources. If this turns out to be a viable option I think it would be revolutionary and beneficial to all.
Scientists have begun work on a new project-artificial leaves. This technology can be used to extract energy from the Sun in a whole new way. I liked learning about the benefits of these leaves for different countries. I also thought that the process of how the leaves were created was interesting. The fact that the leaves could be used for cars is intriguing.
This review could have been improved by making it longer, as it would have been good to know about the cost of the leaves. I also would have liked more detail on how it could help third world countries.
This article is potentially important because if these leaves are used for cars, it could change how cars are made. I hope to hear more about this technology.
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