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artificial-photosynthesis
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+title: Artificial photosynthesis
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1912
+statement: Can sunlight turn water and CO2 into fuel efficiently, cheaply and durably?
+space: energy-chemistry
+---
+Lab devices have exceeded plant efficiencies, but they combine cost, stability and efficiency poorly: the fast ones degrade or use rare metals. It is a race against photovoltaics plus electrolysis, which keeps getting cheaper.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Artificial photosynthesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_photosynthesis)
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+[[Space:energy-chemistry|Energy and catalysis]] · [[Continent:chemistry|Chemistry and matter]]
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Lab devices have exceeded plant efficiencies, but they combine cost, stability and efficiency poorly: the fast ones degrade or use rare metals. It is a race against photovoltaics plus electrolysis, which keeps getting cheaper.