Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts

B Zhang, L Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular catalysis plays an essential role in both natural and artificial photosynthesis (AP).
However, the field of molecular catalysis for AP has gradually declined in recent years …

Electro-and solar-driven fuel synthesis with first row transition metal complexes

KE Dalle, J Warnan, JJ Leung, B Reuillard… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of renewable fuels from abundant water or the greenhouse gas CO2 is a
major step toward creating sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies. In the last …

Polymer photoelectrodes for solar fuel production: progress and challenges

M Thangamuthu, Q Ruan, PO Ohemeng, B Luo… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Converting solar energy to fuels has attracted substantial interest over the past decades
because it has the potential to sustainably meet the increasing global energy demand …

Bioresource upgrade for sustainable energy, environment, and biomedicine

F Li, Y Li, KS Novoselov, F Liang, J Meng, SH Ho… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
We conceptualize bioresource upgrade for sustainable energy, environment, and
biomedicine with a focus on circular economy, sustainability, and carbon neutrality using …

Finding the way to solar fuels with dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells

MK Brennaman, RJ Dillon, L Alibabaei… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell (DSPEC) integrates high bandgap,
nanoparticle oxide semiconductors with the light-absorbing and catalytic properties of …

Molecular chromophore–catalyst assemblies for solar fuel applications

DL Ashford, MK Gish, AK Vannucci… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases, the US Department of Energy has estimated that energy
consumption will increase with it, increasing from 5.7× 1020 J in 2012 to 8.1× 1020 J in …

Surface immobilization of molecular electrocatalysts for energy conversion

RM Bullock, AK Das, AM Appel - Chemistry–A European …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysts are critically important for a secure energy future, as they facilitate the
conversion between electrical and chemical energy. Molecular catalysts offer precise control …

Artificial photosynthesis: Where are we now? Where can we go?

RL House, NYM Iha, RL Coppo, L Alibabaei… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Widespread implementation of renewable energy technologies, while preventing significant
increases in greenhouse gas emissions, appears to be the only viable solution to meeting …

Polymer-supported CuPd nanoalloy as a synergistic catalyst for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane

S Zhang, P Kang, M Bakir… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Developing sustainable energy strategies based on CO2 reduction is an increasingly
important issue given the world's continued reliance on hydrocarbon fuels and the rise in …

Recent advances in dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting

S Zhang, H Ye, J Hua, H Tian - EnergyChem, 2019 - Elsevier
Dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cells (DSPECs) that can drive water splitting to
generate solar fuel through the absorption of sun light, has attracted growing interest in the …