Ein neues „Blatt“ wachsen lassen, das Sonne, Wasser und CO2 nutzt, um flüssigen Kraftstoff herzustellen: „Ein Forschungsteam unter der Leitung von Yale-Chemikern hat die Fähigkeit der Wissenschaft, die Photosynthese nachzuahmen, mit einem eigenständigen Gerät zur Herstellung von Methanol auf ein neues Niveau gehoben.“ »
https://news.yale.edu/2026/06/04/growing-new-leaf-harnesses-sun-water-and-co2-make-liquid-fuel
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« The artificial “leaf,” like its namesake in nature, is a chemistry marvel. It brings the scientific mimicry of photosynthesis — the process of converting sunlight and water into chemical energy — to a new level, converting sunlight to methanol 32 times more efficiently than the previous conversion record for artificial leaf technologies that generate alcohol products. »
Reference: Bo Shang et al., A Monolithic Artificial Leaf for Solar Methanol Production from CO2 and H2O, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2026, 148 (18), 19293-19300. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c04213. [https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c04213](https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c04213)
Thats pretty interesting
methanol from CO2 at 32x efficiency? thats legit
So like Solar with extra steps and I assume more efficiency?
While a 32x efficiency jump sounds massive, the catch is that the baseline efficiency for this tech is historically near zero, and the article omits the actual **Solar-to-Fuel percentage**, which likely still lags behind standard solar panels. Furthermore, commercializing it faces steep hurdles: the nanoscale components (**silicon micro-pillars** and **carbon nanotubes**) are too expensive to mass-produce, the organic catalyst degrades quickly under real-world conditions, and distilling the resulting methanol out of the liquid water base requires a massive amount of energy, threatening to wipe out the system’s net energy gains.