The Artificial Leaf: Copying Nature to Fight Climate Change
2021年11月11日 · Artificial photosynthesis needs its own version of chlorophyll. To find substances to act like chlorophyll in an artificial leaf, scientists are testing natural pigments, synthetic dyes, or other materials, such as semiconductor films …
Chemists create an 'artificial photosynthesis' system that is 10 …
2022年11月10日 · A Nature Catalysis study from six chemists at the University of Chicago shows an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude.
Artificial photosynthesis - Wikipedia
Artificial photosynthesis is a chemical process that biomimics the natural process of photosynthesis. The term artificial photosynthesis is used loosely, referring to any scheme for capturing and then storing energy from sunlight by producing a fuel, specifically a solar fuel. [1]
A new leaf unfolds in artificial photosynthesis - Nature
Artificial photosynthesis is an emerging technology, attracting interest for its potential to mimic plants by producing industrially useful compounds using CO 2, water, and sunlight. But the...
‘Artificial leaf’ makes fuel from sunlight - MIT News
2011年9月30日 · The 'artificial leaf,' a device that can harness sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without needing any external connections, is seen with some real leaves, which also convert the energy of sunlight directly into storable chemical form.
Artificial Leaf Named a 2017 Breakthrough Technology
2017年8月8日 · Nocera and Silver's artificial leaf replicates photosynthesis, the process through which a leaf converts carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into energy. But, their artificial leaf improves upon nature's model.
The race to invent the artificial leaf | MIT Technology Review
2018年2月21日 · Since the early 1970s, scientists have been on a quest to develop a technology that could create liquid fuels out of carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight far more efficiently than photosynthesis,...
Make like a leaf: How copying photosynthesis can change society
2017年4月11日 · By making microbes that pair some of our best light-harvesting technology with nature’s way of using the sun’s energy – photosynthesis – we might be able to create tiny, green factories that pump...
A new leaf unfolds in artificial photosynthesis Toyota Central R&D Labs is scaling up an efficient system that uses sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to produce important carbon compounds,...
A Big Leap for an Artificial Leaf | MIT Technology Review
2016年6月7日 · Artificial photosynthesis seeks to use the same inputs—solar energy, water, and carbon dioxide—to produce energy-dense liquid fuels. Nocera and Silver’s system uses a pair of...