Floating ‘artificial leaves’ ride the wave of clean fuel production
Researchers have developed floating ‘artificial leaves’ that generate clean fuels from sunlight and water, and could eventually operate on a large scale at sea.
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Solar-powered system converts plastic and greenhouse gases into sustainable...
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the system, which can convert two waste streams into two chemical products at the same time – the first time this has been achieved in a...
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Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert CO2, water and sunlight into multicarbon fuels – ethanol and propanol – in a single step. These fuels...
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Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed a solar-powered reactor that converts captured CO2 and plastic waste into sustainable fuels and other valuable chemical products. In tests,...
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Cambridge astronomer tops list of Royal Society Medal and Award winners
Lord Rees, a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University, has been awarded the Royal Society’s Copley Medal for sustained, outstanding achievements...
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Solar-powered device produces clean water and clean fuel at the same time
The device, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, could be useful in resource-limited or off-grid environments, since it works with any open water source and does not require any...
View ArticleCamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Erwin Reisner
Professor Erwin Reisner is the Professor of Energy and Sustainability. He is an expert in renewable energy and sustainable chemistry, in particular the sunlight-powered production of sustainable fuels...
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Three Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in...
From atomically thin semiconductors for more energy-efficient electronics, to harnessing the power of the sun by upcycling biomass and plastic waste into sustainable chemicals, their research...
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