Artificial photosynthesis which is an appealing strategy for producing sustainable fuels, and also works efficiently is discussed. Plant photosynthesis demonstrates the viability of directly converting sunlight into chemical fuels, which involves storing the energy from the incident solar irradiation in the form of chemical bonds. Water splitting is one of two basic steps in photosynthesis and the only one of the two that requires light, the other being the conversion of CO2into organic molecules such as sugars. The solar energy is absorbed by the charge-transfer moiety, which subsequently drives multielectron redox reactions at the catalytic centre. The nanoporous silica is also important for its compartmentalized structure and robustness, its high surface area and the possibility to vary the metals in the catalytic centre, giving the chance to explore different catalytic activities.
Artificial photosynthesis: Solar to fuel
Listorti Andrea
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2009-01-01
Abstract
Artificial photosynthesis which is an appealing strategy for producing sustainable fuels, and also works efficiently is discussed. Plant photosynthesis demonstrates the viability of directly converting sunlight into chemical fuels, which involves storing the energy from the incident solar irradiation in the form of chemical bonds. Water splitting is one of two basic steps in photosynthesis and the only one of the two that requires light, the other being the conversion of CO2into organic molecules such as sugars. The solar energy is absorbed by the charge-transfer moiety, which subsequently drives multielectron redox reactions at the catalytic centre. The nanoporous silica is also important for its compartmentalized structure and robustness, its high surface area and the possibility to vary the metals in the catalytic centre, giving the chance to explore different catalytic activities.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
