Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a novel artificial photosynthesis system that can successfully bind two carbon atoms together to form ethylene, a vital step towards producing solar fuels. This method surpasses existing artificial photosynthesis systems in efficiency, abundance, and consistency.
The process starts with nanowires being submerged in water enriched with carbon dioxide and exposed to light equivalent to the sun at noon.Researchers with the artificial photosynthesis device that can turn carbon dioxide and water into ethylene, in a step toward making solar fuels .Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new artificial photosynthesis system that can bind two carbon atoms together into a hydrocarbon.
The reaction converting water and carbon dioxide into ethylene takes place on copper clusters, each with about 30 atoms that dot the nanowires, according to a press release by the university.with nanowires being submerged in water enriched with carbon dioxide and exposed to light equivalent to the sun at noon.
Researchers found that 61% of the free electrons that the semiconductors generated with the light contributed to the reaction to produce ethylene.
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