The development of an artificial leaf that collects sunlight, water and carbon oxide transforming them into useful chemicals/fuels as a natural one is one of the societal grand challenges for the use of renewable energy and a sustainable development. This contribution analyses the recent progresses in this field, with particular attention to the design and development of system approaches to artificial leaf devices and some of the related critical components. Aspects which are discussed are i) natural versus artificial leaf, ii) the elements of an artificial leaf, iii) the possible approaches in developing an artificial leaf, iv) the development of the catalytic functionalities, v) the advanced cell design in artificial leaf and finally vi) the artificial leaf plant design.

Toward economy 3.0 for distributed, personalized energy: Advances and perspectives in artificial leaf and solar fuels

247th National Meeting (2014)

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