{"id":24489,"date":"2015-02-18T03:12:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T02:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=24489"},"modified":"2015-02-17T15:27:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T14:27:32","slug":"challenges-of-artificial-photosynthesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/challenges-of-artificial-photosynthesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges of Artificial Photosynthesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to create high-value chemicals from abundant resources. It is seen as the most promising method for sustainable fuel and chemical production.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peidong Yang and colleagues, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, have summarized the state-of-the art and challenges of artificial photosynthesis by looking at its main research areas: photoelectrochemical water splitting, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, and the production of fuels and chemicals from renewable hydrogen. Recent research has led to efficient light-absorbing semiconductors with high photoelectrochemical output and efficient catalysts to convert raw materials into a diverse range of products. These achievements make it clear that artificial photosynthesis is possible, but there are challenges to overcome:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Splitting water into H<sub>2<\/sub> and O<sub>2<\/sub> involves integrated systems for light harvesting and catalytic conversion. The stability and performance of the photoanode material has to be improved.<\/li>\n<li>Optimized catalysts are needed for the conversion of CO<sub>2<\/sub> to products like CO, methane, or ethylene. It is challenging to find the right transition metal catalyst for each desired reaction, balancing activity, selectivity, and stability. Approaches to optimize the catalysts include nanostructuring and using bimetallic catalysts like Au\u2013Cu systems.<\/li>\n<li>For the catalytic conversion of renewable H<sub>2<\/sub> to various species, it is crucial to efficiently couple the photosynthetic device with other fields in catalysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>More Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/anie.201409116\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">Artificial Photosynthesis for Sustainable Fuel and Chemical Production<\/a>,<br \/>\nDohyung Kim, Kelsey K. Sakimoto, Dachao Hong, Peidong Yang,<br \/>\nAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/anie.201409116\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">DOI: 10.1002\/anie.201409116 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creator-space.basf.com\/energy-symposium\" target=\"_blank\">BASF celebrates its 150th anniversary<\/a> this year. As part of the celebrations, Angewandte Chemie publishes a special jubilee issue where this article is included.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemistryviews.org\/details\/ezine\/7480751\/We_Create_Chemistry_for_a_Sustainable_Future.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Create Chemistry for a Sustainable Future, <\/a>ChemViews Mag. February 15, 2015. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of BASF, highlights from the company&#8217;s history are given as well as a vision for the future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight to create high-value chemicals from abundant resources. It is seen as the most promising method for sustainable fuel and chemical production. Peidong Yang and colleagues, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, have summarized the state-of-the art and challenges of artificial photosynthesis by looking at its main research areas: photoelectrochemical water splitting, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[75,9233,22751],"class_list":["post-24489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-basf-se","supplier-chemistryviews","supplier-university-of-california-berkeley-uc-berkeley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24489"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=24489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}