在劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室和加州大学伯克利分校的人工光合作用研究中心(JCAP),研究小组正在研究一个人工光合作用方案——利用饱和盐水电解质合成和分解乙醇。在RSC(英国皇家化学会)能源与环境科学期刊上的一篇论文上,Alexis Bell教授和博士后Meenesh描述了一个人工光合作用方案,利用多晶铜作阴极和二氧化铱作阳极在电流密度在0.85m A/cm2的条件下制造纯度>90 wt%的乙醇。如果选用电流密度在10m A/cm2(相当于12%太阳能燃料(STF)的效率)的条件下制造纯度>90 wt%的 At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California at Berkeley’s Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), the team is working on an artificial photosynthesis program that uses saturated brine electrolytes to synthesize and decompose ethanol. In a paper published in RSC’s Journal of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Professor Alexis Bell and post-doctoral Meenesh described an artificial photosynthesis scheme using polycrystalline copper as a cathode and an iridium dioxide as an anode at current densities between 0.85 m A / cm2 to make ethanol> 90 wt% purity. If the current density of 10m A / cm2 (equivalent to 12% of the efficiency of solar fuel (STF)) conditions, the purity of> 90 wt%