Imagine an artificial leaf that mimics
photosynthesis, which lets plants harness energy from the sun. But this leaf
would have the ability to power your homes and cars with clean energy using only
sunlight and water.
This is not some far-off idea of the future.
It's reality, and the subject of a jury-prize-winning film in the GE Focus
Forward Film Competition.
Jared P. Scott and Kelly Nyks' short film,
" The Artificial Leaf," showcases chemist Daniel Nocera, the inventor
of the artificial leaf, a device that he says can power the world.
"The truth is stranger than
fiction," Kelly Nyks, a partner at PF Pictures, told ABC News. "What
I think is so exciting is that Dan has taken this science and applied it in a
way that makes bringing it to scale to solve the energy crisis for the planet
real and possible."
Nocera's leaf is simply a silicon wafer coated
with catalysts that use sunlight to split water to into hydrogen and oxygen
components.
"Essentially, it mimics
photosynthesis," Nocera told ABC News.
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