Artificial Photosynthesis: Beyond Mimicking Nature

Holger Dau; Etsuko Fujita; Licheng Sun

doi:10.1002/cssc.201702106

Artificial Photosynthesis: Beyond Mimicking Nature

ChemSusChem. 2017 Nov 23;10(22):4228-4235. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201702106. Epub 2017 Nov 13.

Authors

Holger Dau¹, Etsuko Fujita², Licheng Sun^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
² Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA.
³ Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 10044, Sweden.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, DUT-KTH Joint Education and Research Centre on Molecular Devices, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), Dalian, 116024, PR China.

PMID: 29131535
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201702106

Abstract

In this Editorial, Guest Editors Holger Dau, Etsuko Fujita, and Licheng Sun introduce the Special Issue of ChemSusChem on "Artificial Photosynthesis for Sustainable Fuels". They discuss the need for non-fossil based fuels, introduce both biological and artificial photosynthesis, and outline various important concepts in artificial photosynthesis, including molecular and solid-state catalysts for water oxidation and hydrogen evolution, catalytic CO₂ reduction, and photoelectrochemical systems.

Keywords: CO2 conversion; artificial photosynthesis; electrocatalysis; photocatalysis; solar fuels.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article