Chapter 8: Photosynthesis and Respiration
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Seeing How Plants Split Water Could Provide Key to Our Future Energy Needs
Science, Feb. 2004
The possibility of using the Earth's abundant supply of water as a cheap source of hydrogen is a step closer thanks to researchers from Imperial College London. By mimicking the method that plants use to split water, researchers say that a highly energy-efficient way to form cheap supplies of hydrogen fuel is possible in the future.
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