Dr Jenny Zhang: How to re-wire Photosynthesis

Beating nature at photosynthesis has been a noble and ambitious goal of scientists for the past century. The dream is to develop artificial photosynthesis as a means of providing sustainable and clean energy to the world. So far, progress in solar hydrogen production has been promising, but what about for more complex fuels? Instead of competing with photosynthesis, we are now starting to think of ways to merge the strengths of natural and artificial photosynthesis to start harvesting solar energy in new ways.