Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why We Always Forget that Less Is More (w/ Leidy Klotz)
Learn how human hair can improve solar panels and why people tend to add, not subtract, when trying to improve something.
June 09, 2021
Episode Show Notes:
Scientists are using human hair to make carbon nanodots for displays & solar panels by Grant Currin
- Carbon dots from human hair boost solar cells. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/quot-cdf040721.php
- Pham, N. D., Singh, A., Chen, W., Hoang, M. T., Yang, Y., Wang, X., Wolff, A., Wen, X., Jia, B., Sonar, P., & Wang, H. (2021). Self-assembled carbon dot-wrapped perovskites enable light trapping and defect passivation for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(12), 7508–7521. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta00036e
- Lim, S. Y., Shen, W., & Gao, Z. (2015). Carbon quantum dots and their applications. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(1), 362–381. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cs00269e
Additional resources from Leidy Klotz:
- Pick up "Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ePsfzf
- Nature study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03380-y
- Website: https://www.leidyklotz.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Leidyklotz
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