The light reactions of photosynthesis as a paradigm for solar fuel production

Energy Procedia

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-289

  Brotosudarmo, Tatas H P ^a   Prihastyanti, Monika N U ^a   Gardiner, Alastair T ^b   Carey, Anne Marie ^b   Cogdell, Richard J ^b  

^a Faculty of Science and Technology   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Fuel efficiency; Photosynthesis; Solar energy; Solar fuel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894188967     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.01.226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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