Photobiological water splitting

Messinger J, Renger G. Photosynthetic water splitting. In Renger G, editor. Comprehensive series in photochemical and photobiological sciences. Cambridge, UK The Royal Society of Chemistry 2008. Volume 9. p. 291-349. 

S. Takabayashi, R. Nakamura, Y. Nakato, Nano-modified Si/Ti02 composite electrode for efficient solar water splitting . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, 166,107-113, (2004). 

Photoelectrochemical water splitting Photocatalytic water splitting Coupled photovoltaic - electrolysis systems Thermochemical conversion Photobiological methods Molecular artificial photosynthesis Plasma-chemical conversion Mechano-catalytic, magnetolysis, radiolysis, etc. 

Andreiadis, Eugen S., Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou, Marc Fontecave, and Vincent Artero, Artificial Photosynthesis From Molecular Catalysts for Light-Driven Water Splitting to Photoelectrochemical Cells, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 87, 946-964 (2011). 

There is a possibility that the key processes in photosynthesis involving C, N and S metabolism could be mimicked using the electrons and protons from water splitting. Artificial systems using photochemical and/or photobiological processes might be possible in the future. 

Bard, A.J. and Fox, M.A. (1995) Artificial photosynthesis solar splitting of water to hydrogen and oxygen. Accounts of Chemical Research, 28 (3), 141—145. Imahori, H., Mori, Y., and Matano, Y. (2003) Nanostructured artificial photosynthesis. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews, 4 (1), 51-83. 

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