SMRTR Science & EngineeringFeb 4, 2025Interesting Engineering

Copper flowers with solar leaves mimic photosynthesis to turn sunlight into fuel

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Researchers created a system using sunlight, perovskite solar cells, and copper "nano-flowers" to efficiently convert CO₂ into complex hydrocarbons and valuable byproducts, achieving 200 times better performance than previous models.

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