Solar fuels are a key, carbon-neutral energy resource for the future. Hydrogen is a promising example as the harmless waste product, on combustion with oxygen, is water. The energy released can be coupled to electrical current generation or the reduction of carbon compounds such as carbon dioxide. If hydrogen could be readily produced from water using solar energy, then an ideal fuel cycle would be possible. Written by experts in the field, this book presents thelatest knowledge and chemical prospects in developing hydrogen as a solar fuel. Topics covered include: molecular mechanisms for the capture of light, photochemical conversion to chemical potential, and the storage of energy in chemical bonds (both in natural and synthetic chemical systems). INDICE: Part I: Perspectives on Molecular Solar Fuels; Chapter 1: Solar Energy Utilization; Chapter 2: Engineering Low-Barrier Photocatalysts; Part II: The Capture of Solar Energy; Chapter 3: Bacteriorhodopsins - The Simplest Phototransducers; Chapter 4: Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes - The Most Efficient Light Gatherers; Chapter 5: Synthetic Light-Harvesting Pigment Arrays; Part III: Photochemical Conversion of Solar Energy; Chapter 6: Natural Photosynthetic Reaction Centers - Charge Separation with High Quantum Yields; Chapter 7: Wired Reaction Centers; Chapter 8: Bioelectrodes; Chapter 9: Charge Stabilization in Polymer Films; Part IV: Storage of Solar Energy; Chapter 10: ThePhotosynthetic Water-Splitting Complex; Chapter 11: Biomimics of the Water-Splitting Active Site; Chapter 12: Biological H2 Generation; Chapter 13: Biomimics of the hydrogenase active site; Part V: Future Goals; Chapter 14: Photocatalysts that Split Water and Produce H2 and O2 Within the Same Molecular Assembly; Chapter 15: Light-driven water oxidation and CO2 reduction; Chapter 16: Synthetic Biology
- ISBN: 978-1-84973-034-1
- Editorial: Royal Society of Chemistry
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés