The use and misuse of photosynthesis in the quest for novel methods to harness solar energy to make fuel

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1996, 2013, Pages

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a   Gardiner, Alastair T ^a   Molina, Pedro I ^b   Cronin, Leroy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Biofuels; Photosynthesis; Polyoxometalates; Solar energy; Solar fuel

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; GREEN FUEL; NOVEL METHODS; POLYOXOMETALATES; SOLAR FUELS;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOFUEL;

BIOMIMETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; POLYOXOMETALATES; REVIEW; SOLAR FUEL;

BIOFUELS; BIOMIMETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; BIOFUELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYOXOMETALATES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR FUEL;

EID: 84880058550     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0603     Document Type: Review

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