Is the progress in simulating photosynthesis to store solar energy moving too fast?
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Is the progress in simulating photosynthesis to store solar energy moving too fast? Simple catalysts are used to simulate photosynthesis and store solar energy by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen! Chemists Daniel Nocera and Matthew Kanan from MIT in the United States wrote in Science that they have invented a simple-to-make and inexpensive catalyst that can split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. In fact, a long time ago, scientists wanted to use sunlight to split water molecules in order to convert solar energy into hydrogen fuel for storage, but this goal has not been achieved due to the high cost of catalysts and the large amount of energy required to split water molecules. Now, with the newly invented cheap catalysts, solar energy can be used as a source of power to enable the large-scale production of hydrogen fuel, a process that is very similar to photosynthesis in plants. By imitating the photosynthesis in nature, it makes it easier to store and utilize solar energy, and also points out a new direction for the development of new energy sources
Where’s the news from? Is it that advanced? Under suspicion. . .
I hope renewable energy will be developed soon.
Hehe, keep lying! Regardless of the catalyst used, energy must be conserved. Humans can only choose more economical methods to split water, but they cannot violate the law of conservation of energy by using less energy to split water in order to obtain more hydrogen and oxygen.