CHEM1105 Lecture Notes - Sustainable Energy
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Extra credit #3: due may 10 at 9pm. Secrets of the first practical artificial leaf http://www. sciencedaily. com/releases/2012/05/120509123900. htm. Debut of the first practical artificial leaf http://www. sciencedaily. com/releases/2011/03/110327191042. htm. This article talks about the development of the first practical artificial leaf that is able to mimic the process of photosynthesis and create energy. This idea of an artificial leaf was drawn from the views of an italian chemist who believed the most important. Guarded secret of a plant was the process of splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. The artificial leaf is about the size of a poker card and consists of a sunlight collector that is placed between two films that create oxygen and hydrogen gas. Under sunlight, the leaf is placed into a jar of water forming bubbles that release hydrogen. This hydrogen can then be used in fuel cells to make electricity.
