Solar fuels and feedstocks: the quest for renewable black gold

Abstract

Photocatalysis is capable of C–C, C–O, and C–N bond transformations and has the potential to drive light-activated feedstock chemical production.

Conjugated Porous Polymers Based on BODIPY and BOPHY Dyes in Hybrid Heterojunctions for Artificial Photosynthesis

“…[ 3 ] This innovative approach, known as artificial photosynthesis (AP) when driven under mild conditions, has become a research hotspot for the development of alternative and economically competitive solar fuels. [ 4 ] Learning from the natural photosynthesis process, AP systems are able to efficiently capture and convert solar energy, and then store it in the form of chemical bonds. [ 2 ] Solar energy is therefore used to split water and produce hydrogen, and/or to transform carbon dioxide and water into a renewable source of energy‐rich carbon‐containing products, or even to fix N 2 into ammonia.…”

Exceptional Photocatalytic Activities of rGO Modified (B,N) Co‐Doped WO3, Coupled with CdSe QDs for One Photon Z‐Scheme System: A Joint Experimental and DFT Study

“…It is irresistible to develop sustainable, clean, and environmentally friendly energy resources. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Solar energy is rich in terms of its availability to satisfy present and future worldwide energy needs. [7][8][9] Nevertheless, it is quite indispensable to change solar energy into other forms that are stress-free to stock, transport, and utilize.…”

Femtosecond Photophysics of Molecular Polaritons

“…This idea can be exploited in solar photochemistry and photoredox chemistry, where we imagine that strong light–matter coupling can be used to enable, for instance, blue excitation wavelengths to leverage high redox potentials of catalysts that normally absorb in the near-ultraviolet. Particularly in photoredox chemistry, ,− this is a strategy that might make more difficult bond activation chemistry within reach.…”