{"id":235680,"date":"2026-04-21T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/this-artificial-leaf-turns-pollution-into-power"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:25:07","slug":"this-artificial-leaf-turns-pollution-into-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/this-artificial-leaf-turns-pollution-into-power","title":{"rendered":"This artificial leaf turns pollution into power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-artificial-leaf-turns-pollution-into-power.webp\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cambridge researchers have engineered a solar-powered \u201cartificial leaf\u201d that mimics photosynthesis to make valuable chemicals sustainably. Their biohybrid device combines organic semiconductors and enzymes to convert CO\u2082 and sunlight into formate with high efficiency. It\u2019s durable, non-toxic, and runs without fossil fuels\u2014paving the way for a greener chemical industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cambridge researchers have engineered a solar-powered \u201cartificial leaf\u201d that mimics photosynthesis to make valuable chemicals sustainably. Their biohybrid device combines organic semiconductors and enzymes to convert CO\u2082 and sunlight into formate with high efficiency. It\u2019s durable, non-toxic, and runs without fossil fuels\u2014paving the way for a greener chemical industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}