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Cover Picture: Solar‐Assisted eBiorefinery: Photoelectrochemical Pairing of Oxyfunctionalization and Hydrogenation Reactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2020)
Author(s) -
Choi Da Som,
Kim Jinhyun,
Hollmann Frank,
Park Chan Beum
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202009421
Subject(s) - redox , chemistry , solar energy conversion , nanotechnology , biocatalysis , artificial photosynthesis , solar energy , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , electrochemistry , catalysis , electrode , organic chemistry , photocatalysis , ecology , biology
Solar eBiorefinery . Inspired by natural photosynthesis, biocatalytic photoelectrochemical (PEC) platforms are gaining prominence for the conversion of solar energy into useful chemicals by combining redox biocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis. Deliberate integration of PEC systems with redox biocatalytic reactions can simultaneously produce valuable chemicals on both electrodes using solar‐powered electrons and water. C. B. Park et al. demonstrate in their Communication on page 15886 how this study offers a new direction for solar biotransformations towards eBiorefinery for the sustainable synthesis of fine chemicals.