From molecules to gallons: Scaling up fuels created by artificial photosynthesis
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 06:20
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —Artificial photosynthesis is a dream technology that mimics a natural leaf, converting water and carbon dioxide into fuels with sunlight. But before this technology can take flight, scientists will have to solve a fundamental plumbing problem: how to gather molecules of fuel from microscopic reaction sites to pipes that will pour it out by the gallon.