Harvesting clean hydrogen fuel through artificial photosynthesis

A new, stable artificial photosynthesis device doubles the efficiency of using sunlight which separates both fresh and salt water there by generating hydrogen to be used in fuel cells. It can reconfigured to turn back carbon dioxide to fuel.

Hydrogen’s only emission is water which makes it as cleanest burning fuel. But its production is not eco-friendly. Conventional methods require electricity or natural gas for its production and the recent advancements of a new device called direct solar water splitting uses water and light from the sun main inputs for photosynthesis.

The device is made from the materials commonly used in solar cells and other electronics which include silicon and gallium nitride. This device paves a way for a large scale production of clean hydrogen fuel.