Blueprints for Photocatalytic Solar Fuel Applications

An important challenge of our 21^st century will be the ability to capture and efficiently convert solar energy/sun-light into a storable terrestrial fuel. The future of photocatalysis and solar fuel generation lies in our ability to understand, extract and utilize “natural blueprints” e.g. for the photo-reduction process of CO₂ or the splitting of H₂O.                                                                                            

This includes e.g. (i) architectural, structural and photonic features; (ii) catalytic-material based blueprints and (iii) efficient light-harnessing and light-trapping materials that are able to mimic key photocatalytic processes and are potentially of high interest to be further utilized into new photo-catalytic materials, architectures and solar fuel devices.