A team of scientists from the Jülich Research Centre and from Emory University in Atlanta have made an important step in the process of artificially simulating photosynthesis. They announced that a stable inorganic metal oxide cluster that makes possible an effective oxidation of water to hydrogen was synthesized.
Climate and energy problems could be solved by artificial photosynthesis, because, in fact, researchers will have found an efficient way to obtaining hydrogen using solar energy. Hydrogen is viewed as the next critical factor in producing future energy.
For instance, the automobile industry is increasing efforts to use fuel cell technology by 2010. And the fuel cell drive system could be entirely friendly to the environment if the scientists manage to get hydrogen from renewable sources, like solar energy.
