Jan

10

Solar Power Drives Plastic and CO2 Into Fuel Products

January 10, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… University of Cambridge researchers have developed a solar energy powered system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products. The system can convert two waste streams into two chemical products at the same time. Its likely to be the first time this has been achieved in a […]

Aug

9

Carbon Dioxide Water & Solar Power Make Fuels & Chemicals

August 9, 2022 | Leave a Comment

  University of Michigan researchers can show how solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals. Zetian Mi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M) who led an international team of researchers said, “If we can generate syngas from carbon dioxide utilizing only solar energy, we […]

Oct

4

Solar Powered Eco Friendly Quantum Dots Make Hydrogen Fuel

October 4, 2018 | Leave a Comment

University of Zurich researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle for novel use in artificial photosynthesis by adding zinc sulfide on the surface of indium-based quantum dots. These quantum dots produce clean hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight – a sustainable source of energy. They introduce new eco-friendly and powerful materials to solar photocatalysis. […]

Sep

20

Solar Powers CO2 Recycled To Ethanol & Ethylene

September 20, 2017 | 8 Comments

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) scientists have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. The achievement marks a significant advance in the effort to move toward sustainable sources of fuel. Many systems have successfully reduced carbon dioxide to chemical and fuel precursors, such […]

Sep

19

Quantum Technology and Solar Power To Produce Hydrogen

September 19, 2017 | 7 Comments

Lancaster University physicists are developing methods of creating renewable fuel from water using quantum technology. Fundamental problems remain before this can be adopted commercially due to inefficiency, but a new study demonstrates that the novel use of nanostructures could increase the maximum photovoltage generated in a photoelectrochemical cell, increasing the productivity of splitting water molecules. […]

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