Abstract

The sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemical compounds is key to accomplishing a carbon-neutral economy. This can be done by using mimicking the light-harvesting and catalytic tactics going on in plants. Solar gasoline manufacturing is generally carried out through mounted approaches, consisting of photovoltaic-electrochemical (PV-EC), photo electrochemical (PEC), and photo catalytic (PC) systems. A current shift noticed these structures evolve into integrated, compact panels, which go well with sensible functions thru their simplicity, scalability, and ease of operation. This enhance has resulted in a suite of interestingly comparable technologies, consisting of the so-called synthetic leaves and PC sheets. In this Account, we evaluate these one-of-a-kind skinny movie applied sciences primarily based on their micro- and nanostructure (i.e., layered vs particulate), operation precept (products happening on the identical or one of a kind aspects of the panel), and product/reaction scope (overall water splitting and CO2 reduction, or organics, biomass, and waste conversion).For this purpose, we supply an overview of traits installed over the previous few years in our laboratory.