Posted: Aug 30, 2015 6:00 am
by Macdoc
Been following this for a while ....

Artificial leaf harnesses sunlight for efficient fuel production
Date: August 28, 2015
Source: California Institute of Technology
Summary:
A new solar fuel generation system, or artificial leaf, safely creates fuel from sunlight and water with record-setting efficiency and stability.



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 142940.htm

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A monolithically integrated, intrinsically safe, 10% efficient, solar-driven water-splitting system based on active, stable earth-abundant electrocatalysts in conjunction with tandem III–V light absorbers protected by amorphous TiO2films. Energy Environ. Sci., 2015; DOI: 10.1039/C5EE01786F