Electricity production by artificial leaves

Only from water and sunlight, artificial leaves can produce electricity to serve your home, car and other equipment.

Daniel Nocera, an American chemist, has created "artificial leaves," a device that simulates plant photosynthesis. He said his invention could supply the world, ABC News reported.

Nocera's artificial leaves are a waterproof silicon film surrounded by catalysts that produce hydrogen and oxygen from water and sunlight.

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"In general it mimics plant photosynthesis," Nocera said.

For artificial leaves to produce electricity, the user dips it in water and catches the sun. The hydrogen and oxygen it creates will float in the form of bubbles. We put the two in the fuel cell to produce electricity.

Many statistics show that more than 1.6 billion people in the world do not have the opportunity to use electricity and 2.6 billion people have no clean fuel for cooking.

"With my artificial foliage, you only need water and sunlight to produce electricity without the need for electricity." It's a solution to generate electricity for the poor , Nocera said.

According to Nocera's calculations, people only needed a bottle of water and sunlight to create electricity for a small house. However, the price of artificial leaves is quite high and that is a dilemma for the poor. Nocera hopes he will reduce the price of the product by reducing the cost of manufacturing in subsequent studies.