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Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization by Nathan S. Lewis; Daniel G. Nocera is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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Global energy consumption is projected to increase, even in the face of substantial declines in energy intensity, at least 2-fold by midcentury relative to the present because of population and economic growth. This demand could be met, in principle, from fossil energy resources, particularly coal. However, the cumulative nature of CO ~2~ emissions in the atmosphere demands that holding atmospheric CO ~2~ levels to even twice their preanthropogenic values by midcentury will require invention, development, and deployment of schemes for carbon-neutral energy production on a scale commensurate with, or larger than, the entire present-day energy supply from all sources combined. Among renewable energy resources, solar energy is by far the largest exploitable resource, providing more energy in 1 hour to the earth than all of the energy consumed by humans in an entire year. In view of the intermittency of insolation, if solar energy is to be a major primary energy source, it must be stored and dispatched on demand to the end user. An especially attractive approach is to store solar-converted energy in the form of chemical bonds, i.e., in a photosynthetic process at a year-round average e
Who reads Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Nathan S. Lewis; Daniel G. Nocera
- Publisher
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)