Semi-artificial photosynthesis offers advantages over purely natural or synthetic routes to producing chemicals from solar energy, but devices based on it have remained elusive. Now, researchers couple a dye-sensitized photoanode with natural components to generate H2 photoelectrochemically from water without additional bias.
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King, P.W. Semi-synthetic strategy. Nat Energy 3, 921–922 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0274-1
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