Tag: solar fuels
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Converting carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants
Berkeley Lab advance is first demonstration of efficient, light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant milestone in the…
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Solar power generates fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass. Our sunlight powered technology is exciting as it enables the production of clean hydrogen from unprocessed…
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New materials discovery approach puts solar fuels on the fast track to commercial viability
New Materials Could Turn Water into the Fuel of the Future Researchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have—in just two years—nearly doubled the number of materials known to have potential for use in solar fuels. They did so by developing a process that promises to speed the discovery of commercially viable…
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Solar fuels: a refined protective layer for the artificial leaf
A team at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels has developed a process for providing sensitive semiconductors for solar water splitting (“artificial leaves”) with an organic, transparent protective layer. The extremely thin protective layer made of carbon chains is stable, conductive, and covered with catalysing nanoparticles of metal oxides. These accelerate the splitting of water when…