Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Molecular solar fuels [Texte électronique] / editors, Thomas J. Wydrzynski and Warwick Hillier
Publication : Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2011], cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 1 online resource.
Collection : RSC energy and environment series
Note(s) : World demand for energy is rapidly increasing and is projected to more than double
by the year 2050. Finding sufficient supplies of clean energy for the future is one
of the major scientific challenges of today. Sunlight accounts for the largest energy
input into the earth's surface, providing more energy in one hour than all of the
energy consumed by the entire planet in one year. Over more than 2 billion years,
plants, algae and cyanobacteria have evolved the most efficient methods to utilize
solar energy, by catalyzing the light-driven splitting of water into molecular oxygen,
protons and electrons. If the released protons are captured and reduced to molecular
hydrogen by a suitable hyrodrogenase enzyme, then a perfect fuel cycle can be achieved,
since the combustion of hydrogen with oxygen produces only water. In the search for
clean, energy-rich fuel sources, we can take advantage of the natural photosynthetic
and hydrogenase systems by applying and adapting the energy conserving principles
that Nature has evolved in these systems and use them to guide the development of
synthetic photo- and reductive catalysts for solar energy utilization. The US Department
of Energy Basic Sciences Workshops in 2005 on 'Solar Energy Utilization' and in 2007
on 'Catalysis for Energy' identified the development of solar fuels as a key, carbon-neutral,
energy resource for the future and hydrogen is one such promising example. The energy
released from the combustion of hydrogen with oxygen 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. The main aim of the book is to present the latest knowledge
and chemical prospects in developing hydrogen as a solar fuel. Using oxygenic photosynthesis
and hydrogenase enzymes for bio-inspiration, this book presents the strategies for
developing photocatalysts to produce a molecular solar fuel and is divided into five
parts. The first part consists of two chapters which give an overall perspective of
solar energy utilization and the role that synthetic photocatalysts can play in producing
solar fuels. The next three parts summarize current knowledge with respect to the
three steps in solar energy utilization: light capture, photochemical conversion,
and energy storage in chemical bonds. Each aspect begins with a review of the natural
system, emphasizing those biological features which optimize the efficiency of the
reactions that it catalyzes. The chapters on the natural systems are then followed
by chapters summarizing the latest developments in synthetic chemistry of photo- and
reductive catalysts. Finally, the last part gives some future research goals that
are important for the practical utilization of solar energy. The book is written by
experts from various fields working on the biological and synthetic chemical side
of molecular solar fuels to facilitate advancement in this area of research
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wydrzynski, Thomas John (1947-....)
Hillier, Warwick. Fonction indéterminée
Royal society of chemistry (GB). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Énergie solaire
Hydrogène (combustible)
Indice(s) Dewey :
621.47 (23e éd.) = Technologie de l'énergie solaire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781849733038
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446720527
Notice n° :
FRBNF44672052
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
