Artificial Photosynthesis - Employed Research Techniques

Employed Research Techniques

Research in artificial photosynthesis is necessarily a multidisciplinary field, requiring a multitude of different expertise. Some techniques employed in making and investigating catalysts and solar cells include:

  • Organic and inorganic chemical synthesis.
  • Electrochemistry methods, such as photoelectrochemistry, cyclic voltammetry, and bulk electrolysis.
  • Spectroscopic methods:
    • fast techniques, such as time-resolved spectroscopy and ultrafast laser spectroscopy;
    • magnetic resonance spectroscopies, such as nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance;
    • X-ray absorption methods, such as EXAFS.
  • Crystallography.
  • Molecular biology, microbiology and synthetic biology methodologies.

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