(March 2, 2015) Researchers from institutions including Lund
University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial
photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’
rapid transit through a light-converting molecule.
The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to
make fuel from water using sunlight. This is what photosynthesis does all the
time – plants convert water and carbon dioxide to energy rich molecules using
sunlight. Researchers around the world are therefore attempting to borrow ideas
from photosynthesis in order to find a way to produce solar fuel artificially.