Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a new way to convert abundant carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate (HCO2-), an ...

More information: Matthias Schmitz et al, Efficient Energy and Electron Transfer Photocatalysis with a Coulombic Dyad, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.

“Sunlight-driven water splitting using photocatalysts is an ideal technology for solar-to-chemical energy conversion and storage, and recent developments in photocatalytic materials and systems ...

The present research area involves innovative and challenging investigations which aim to realize the highly efficient conversion, storage and utilization of light energy into useful and clean ...

Photosynthesis -- mainly carried out by plants -- is based on a remarkably efficient energy conversion process. To generate chemical energy, sunlight must first be captured and transported further.

“Sunlight-driven water splitting using photocatalysts is an ideal technology for solar-to-chemical energy conversion and storage,” Kazunari Domen, a senior author of the study from Shinshu ...

"The most important aspect to develop is the efficiency of solar-to-chemical energy conversion by photocatalysts," Domen said. "If it is improved to a practical level, many researchers will work ...

“Sunlight-driven water splitting using photocatalysts is an ideal technology for solar-to-chemical energy conversion and storage, and recent developments in photocatalytic materials and systems raise ...

Inspired by nature's photosynthesis, photocatalysts use light to trigger a chemical reaction that would ... of the molecules that store the photon energy. Initial trial reactions with the novel ...