On this week's show we speak with Trevor Best, CEO of Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston area startup, who is a pioneer in the field of photocatalytic based hydrogen production. The company has recently closed its series A funding round. We discuss with Trevor the potential applications of the Syzygy approach and where they are aiming to engage the market first, as well as his view of the evolution of the hydrogen market today. All this and more on the show!

1. https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/forcing-reactions-with-plasmons/3009986.article
2. Antenna−reactor complexes for photocatalysis, Dayne F. Swearer, Hangqi Zhao, Linan Zhou, Chao Zhang, Hossein Robatjazi, John Mark P. Martirez, Caroline M. Krauter, Sadegh Yazdi, Michael J. McClain, Emilie Ringe, Emily A. Carter, Peter Nordlander, Naomi J. Halas, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2016, 113 (32) 8916-8920; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1609769113
3. http://halas.rice.edu/publications
4. https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/01/20200111-syngas.html

The Antenna-Reactor is the combination of a larger light-harvesting plasmonic nanoparticle (the ‘Antenna’), and smaller traditional catalyst nanoparticles (the ‘Reactor’).

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