Does anyone know what graduate school research on Feul Cell or Solar Cell?
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I think Rose Hulman in Terre Haute Indiana has a good program. One year students built solar cars and drove them through town.\nRose Hulman is an engineering school. It has been rated top school for 7 years in a roll.
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Good Project:\n\nThere have been different attempts all need to be developed yet.\n\nThe attempts include:\n1.Solar energy through silicon cells.\nThis is of more importance in hot regions with maximum sun shine.\n\n2.Ethanol by way of combustion.\nStill an economical method is to be discovered for extracting ethnol from sugarcane.\n\n3.Hydrogen by combustion.\nHydrogen is to be obtained by decomposition of water.\n\n4. Nuclear energy at small scale.\nSo far techniques on domastic production have not been successful.
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it depends on where you live.  i assume you are in the US.  there are several federal agencies that fund alternative energy research.  the answer to your question largely depends on what kind of energy technology you are looking to research - wind, solar, biomass, fuel cells, whatever.\n\nyou should check out this page:  http://www.eere.energy.gov/financing/  where you can learn about the federal grant process.\n\nyou will probably have to write a grant proposal that outlines the merits of your research goals, an outline of the specific steps your research will take, your qualifications and why your project deserves funding.  \n\nquite frankly, you will be competing with very highly-qualified, experienced and specialized researchers from universities and corporations, and unless you have an incredibly brilliant and specific idea, the scientific knowledge to make it happen and considerable money of your own to spend (the grants typically only cover part of the cost of the research - the researcher's institution or other grants are supposed to cover the rest)... then you can expect to be weeded out very early on.\n\nhave heart though!  if you're just a guy with an idea who likes to tinker in his basement or whatever, they offer a program for you!  called the inventions and innovation program:  http://www.eere.energy.gov/inventions/  it's geared for small projects and independent research.  don't expect to get much, but if you have a good idea you may be lucky.  \n\nother government agencies can possibly provide grants, too.  consider the national science foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/) or the national renewable energy laboratory (NREL) (http://www.nrel.gov/) for other grant options.\n\ngood luck!
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That's "Stanford" University.  Try finding their website with a search engine, then contact them.
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This looks like one you should refer to your professor or advisor.  You might try searches at\n\nhttp://www.scirus.com/srsapp/\n\nhttp://www.scienceresearch.com/search/
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Try these sites,\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/\nhttp://www.scifair.org/\nhttp://www.usc.edu/CSSF/
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(m)\n\nMake a solar cell in your kitchen\n\nWe found this article on http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/echem2.html \n\nIt was super, super, super cool, so we thank them for allowing us to post it at TheSolarPlan.com!  This is nifty!\n\nA solar cell is a device for converting energy from the sun into electricity. The high-efficiency solar cells you can buy at Radio Shack and other stores are made from highly processed silicon, and require huge factories, high temperatures, vacuum equipment, and lots of money. \n\nIf we are willing to sacrifice efficiency for the ability to make our own solar cells in the kitchen out of materials from the neighborhood hardware store, we can demonstrate a working solar cell in about an hour. \n \nOur solar cell is made from cuprous oxide instead of silicon. Cuprous oxide is one of the first materials known to display the photoelectric effect, in which light causes electricity to flow in a material. \n\nThinking about how to explain the photoelectric effect is what led Albert Einstein to the Nobel prize for physics, and to the theory of relativity.\n\nMaterials you will need \n\nThe solar cell is made from these materials: \nA sheet of copper flashing from the hardware store. This normally costs about $5.00 per square foot. We will need about half a square foot. \nTwo alligator clip leads. \nA sensitive micro-ammeter that can read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes. Radio Shack sells small LCD multimeters that will do, but I used a small surplus meter with a needle. \nAn electric stove. My kitchen stove is gas, so I bought a small one-burner electric hotplate for about $25. The little 700 watt burners probably won't work -- mine is 1100 watts, so the burner gets red hot. \nA large clear plastic bottle off of which you can cut the top. I used a 2 liter spring water bottle. A large mouth glass jar will also work. \nTable salt. We will want a couple tablespoons of salt. \nTap water. \nSand paper or a wire brush on an electric drill. \nSheet metal shears for cutting the copper sheet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to build the solar cell \n\nMy burner looks like this: \n\nThe first step is to cut a piece of the copper sheeting that is about the size of the burner on the stove. Wash your hands so they don't have any grease or oil on them. Then wash the copper sheet with soap or cleanser to get any oil or grease off of it. Use the sandpaper or wire brush to thoroughly clean the copper sheeting, so that any sulphide or other light corrosion is removed. \n\nNext, place the cleaned and dried copper sheet on the burner and turn the burner to its highest setting. \n\nAs the copper starts to heat up, you will see beautiful oxidation patterns begin to form. Oranges, purples, and reds will cover the copper. \n\n\nAs the copper gets hotter, the colors are replaced with a black coating of cupric oxide. This is not the oxide we want, but it will flake off later, showing the reds, oranges, pinks, and purples of the cuprous oxide layer underneath. \n\n\n\nThe last bits of color disappear as the burner starts to glow red. \n\nWhen the burner is glowing red-hot, the sheet of copper will be coated with a black cupric oxide coat. Let it cook for a half an hour, so the black coating will be thick. This is important, since a thick coating will flake off nicely, while a thin coat will stay stuck to the copper. \n\n\nAfter the half hour of cooking, turn off the burner. Leave the hot copper on the burner to cool slowly. If you cool it too quickly, the black oxide will stay stuck to the copper. \n\nAs the copper cools, it shrinks. The black cupric oxide also shrinks. But they shrink at different rates, which makes the black cupric oxide flake off. \n\n\nThe little black flakes pop off the copper with enough force to make them fly a few inches. This means a little more cleaning effort around the stove, but it is fun to watch. \n\n\nWhen the copper has cooled to room temperature (this takes about 20 minutes), most of
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See in\nhttp://www.solarenergysociety.ca/\nhttp://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/su/neze/index.cfm
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stem cell research\nalot is in the paper and online news
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The only home-brew solar cells that I know will work are of the copper oxide type.  Try the site below or do a search on "CuO solar cells":
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Come and do a Masters in Chemistry or pursue a PhD at University of Southampton, amongst the best Chemistry Sciences/Engineering department in UK. Alternatively, study something called Complexity Sciences at Southampton, interdisciplinary specialty subject from the Department of Electronics/Computer Science, ranked first in UK and 2nd in the world. i am an alumnus and will be happy to answer further questions.
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Check out the University of Rochester in NY they also have a well known optics/laser program
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For both of these U can refer : \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_cell\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaic_cell
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the above one of solar cell is gr8\nor you can make a model of a wind mill, attach it to a motor and then, artificially, rotate it to produce current in the motor and connect it to a small bulb to show it lighting
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http://www.energybulletin.net/648.html\nThis url links to a news article about Gardner, Massachussetts, a small city that has been running on solar for 20 years. As an experiment, it had a mixed success record of being reliable and economical. I can't copy the article here, because it is copyrighted.
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Solar Cells are more suitable and available at just about every camping store. They also require less maintenance. The link below may interest you:
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You should watch the episode of mythbusters where they try to build a death ray with mirrors and need a focal point, they make a mirrior in a contact sorta shape and the light focases on it. if you could make a solar cell like that maybe it would work. The episode was on all weekend, it might be helpful for some other things too!