Review on optofluidic microreactors for artificial photosynthesis

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Tenghao Li¹  Xuming Zhang¹  Min Xu²  Jianchun Wang²  Jianmei Wang²  Xiaowen Huang²  Weixing Yu³  Abdel El Abed⁴ 

[1] Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;Energy Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China;Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710119, China,;Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire, UMR 8537, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France;

关键词: artificial photosynthesis;    carbon dioxide fixation;    coenzyme regeneration;    microfluidics;    optofluidics;    water splitting;   

DOI  :  10.3762/bjnano.9.5

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Artificial photosynthesis (APS) mimics natural photosynthesis (NPS) to store solar energy in chemical compounds for applications such as water splitting, CO2 fixation and coenzyme regeneration. NPS is naturally an optofluidic system since the cells (typical size 10 to 100 µm) of green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria enable light capture, biochemical and enzymatic reactions and the related material transport in a microscale, aqueous environment. The long history of evolution has equipped NPS with the remarkable merits of a large surface-area-to-volume ratio, fast small molecule diffusion and precise control of mass transfer. APS is expected to share many of the same advantages of NPS and could even provide more functionality if optofluidic technology is introduced. Recently, many studies have reported on optofluidic APS systems, but there is still a lack of an in-depth review. This article will start with a brief introduction of the physical mechanisms and will then review recent progresses in water splitting, CO2 fixation and coenzyme regeneration in optofluidic APS systems, followed by discussions on pending problems for real applications.

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