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Global Artificial Photosynthesis and Renewable Energy Storage and Policy for the Sustainocene
Author(s) -
Faunce Thomas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced sustainable systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.499
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2366-7486
DOI - 10.1002/adsu.201800035
Subject(s) - renewable energy , artificial photosynthesis , context (archaeology) , energy storage , term (time) , photosynthesis , scale (ratio) , environmental science , biochemical engineering , nanotechnology , computer science , ecology , engineering , materials science , chemistry , biology , power (physics) , physics , paleontology , biochemistry , photocatalysis , quantum mechanics , catalysis
Among developing strategies for renewable energy conversion and storage, artificial photosynthesis (AP) has many long‐term advantages over currently favored strategies such as small‐ and large‐scale lithium‐ion batteries. Such advantages may not be clearly revealed by recent methods of AP including hybrid nanotechnology–synthetic biology systems. This paper critiques some of these recent developments in the context of the long‐term goal of integrating AP (conducted without enslaving biological life) into every road and building on the Earth's surface. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of this as a long‐term energy storage solution and reflects on how such disadvantages may be overcome.