Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light through artificial photosynthesis. By converting carbon dioxide into mor... Read more
Solar-powered water splitting is a promising means of generating clean and storable energy. A novel catalyst based on semiconductor nanoparticles has now been shown to facilitate all the rea... Read more
A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both fresh and salt water, generating hydrogen that can then be used in fuel cells... Read more
A new catalyst created by U of T Engineering researchers brings them one step closer to artificial photosynthesis — a system that, just like plants, would use renewable energy to convert car... Read more
A chemistry professor has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis in a synthetic material, turning greenhouse gases into clean air and producing energy all at the same time... Read more
Berkeley Lab approach could lead to more stable, efficient artificial photosystems Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst... Read more
Researchers create the first practical design for photoelectrochemical water splitting Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich have developed the first complete and compact design for an ar... Read more
New system surpasses efficiency of photosynthesis The days of drilling into the ground in the search for fuel may be numbered, because if Daniel Nocera has his way, it’ll just be a matter of... Read more
An international team has now succeeded in considerably increasing the efficiency for direct solar water splitting. They are using a tandem solar cell whose surfaces have been selectively mo... Read more
By combining semiconducting nanowires and bacteria, researchers can now produce liquid fuel. Three pioneers in the field of synthetic photosynthesis discuss the potential of this technology... Read more
