Scientist at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, have found a way to convert solar energy into liquid fuel using bacteria. Daniel Nocera, Professor of Energy at Harvard University invented an artificial leaf ‘Bionic leaf’ that depends on catalysts made from materials that are inexpensive and readily accessible. This “bionic leaf” uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Once the artificial leaf produces oxygen and hydrogen, Ralstonia eutropha then converts the hydrogen, with carbon dioxide, into isopropanol, a liquid fuel. Hydrogen is a good fuel, but all our system revolves round the use of a liquid fuel. So the scientists tried to create a liquid fuel […]
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