Artificial Leaf

Artificial leaves can convert sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy or even be used to produce fuels. Now, researchers from Cambridge have developed a new version that can produce synthetic gas (or syngas) without releasing carbon dioxide.

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology have fine-tuned an artificial leaf design and used it to produce drugs for the first time.

Already used to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen, and in turn create liquid fuels and electricity, artificial leaves now have another string to their bow.​ A Harvard team has turned artificial leaves into low-cost, portable fertilizer factories.

​Leaves are kind of like nature’s power plants, converting sunlight into energy for the plant. Now a team at Eindhoven University of Technology is using artificial leaves to produce chemicals, which could lead to solar-powered “mini-factories” that can create drugs and chemicals almost anywhere.

The "world's first practical artificial leaf" now has the ability to self-heal, enabling it to produce energy from dirty water.

Scientists have created what they say is the world's first practical artificial leaf, capable of producing energy from sunlight and water.

A team of scientists has presented a design strategy based on the chemistry and biology of natural leaves that could lead to working prototypes of an artificial leaf to produce hydrogen fuel.