Automated synthesis and characterization techniques for solar fuel production

Solar fuel production provides a sustainable route towards simultaneous energy harvesting and storage. However, this technology is hampered by the complexity and slow manual screening of the chemical design space to find suitable catalytic and light-harvesting materials. One solution is offered by automation, which has begun changing the landscape of material discovery and energy research.

Automated summary

Solar fuel production is a sustainable method for energy harvesting and storage. Automation has the potential to simplify the complexity of finding suitable catalytic and light-harvesting materials.