03-02-2009, 01:42 AM
I'm not grasping the difference between what they're doing and regular electrolysis, except that they're hooking it up to a fuel cell.
Quote:Currently available electrolyzers, which split water with electricity and are often used industrially, are not suited for artificial photosynthesis because they are very expensive and require a highly basic (non-benign) environment that has little to do with the conditions under which photosynthesis operates.Well that cleared it up! ... wait, what?