Thursday, April 19, 2012
Breakthrough Rivals Speed of Natural Photosynthesis, Sets Solar Energy World Record
A Humble Perspective/CC BY-SA 2.0Researchers at the Swedish KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created a catalyst that can break water into oxygen and protons (which become hydrogen) at a turnover rate of 300 oxygen molecules per second per catalyst. The rate sets a world record for "turnover frequency," and represents an important breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis.A major branch of research into harvesting light energy
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