Wednesday, December 23, 2015
In the quest for sustainable alternative energy and fuel sources |
Through photosynthesis, plants convert sunlight, water, and CO2 into sugars,
multicarbon molecules that fuel cellular processes. CO2 is thus both the precursor
to the fossil fuels that are central to modern life as well as the by-product of
burning those fuels. The ability to generate synthetic liquid fuels from stable,
oxygenated carbon precursors such as CO2 and carbon monoxide (CO) is reminiscent
of photosynthesis in nature and is a transformation that is desirable in artificial
systems.
In the quest for sustainable alternative energy and fuel sources, one viable solution
may be the conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into liquid fuels.
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