Penn DOE Grant

The DOE has just awarded part of a multi-million dollar grant to researchers at Penn. The principal investigator will be Dr. Andrew Rappe of the Chemistry Department, who is studying how semi-conducting ferroelectric materials might convert sunlight into hydrogen.

Dr. Rappe is a member of the Energy Working Group at Penn (site: http://www.energy.upenn.edu/). The EWGP brings together researchers from various fields, but is particularly strong in solar and fuel cell research.

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