Patents Assigned to Starfire Electronic Development & Mktg., Ltd.
  • Photoelectrochemical device containing a quantum confined silicon particle
    Patent number: 6060026
    Abstract: A method for reacting a molecule using light as an energy source is described which comprises exposing the molecule to a catalyst material, the catalyst material in contact with an illuminated, quantum confined silicon domain. The silicon domain having a band gap greater than bulk silicon and sufficiently large for reacting the molecule. The method is particularly useful in decomposing water into hydrogen and oxygen, as well as photocatalytically degrading pollutants in a waste stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Starfire Electronic Development & Mktg., Ltd.
    Inventor: Avery N. Goldstein