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Enzymes as Fuel Producers

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Chemistry for the Future: Solar Fuels
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Growing energy demand worldwide is a crucial challenge for chemists. Suzannah Hexter, Armstrong Group, shows how, with the help of enzymes, the principles of photosynthesis may be artificially exploited and improved to provide a clean energy resource.

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Introduction to Solar Fuels

In an 'Oxford tutorial' style podcast, Professor Fraser Armstrong introduces the concept of artificial photosynthesis: coupling a light harvesting material with a fuel producer in order to generate storable energy from sunlight.
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Photosynthesis in Nature

Dr Alison Foster, a former chemist and Senior Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden explains the principals of natural photosynthesis that the Armstrong Group is trying to mimic in the lab.
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Episode Information

Series
Chemistry for the Future: Solar Fuels
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Suzannah Hexter
Keywords
solar fuels
enzymes
sun
Energy
Photosynthesis
sustainable
climate change
fuel
hydrogen
bacteria
solar power
Department: Department of Chemistry
Date Added: 19/07/2013
Duration: 00:04:34

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