Molecular Technology, Volume 1

9 Molecular Technologies for Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction

Yusuke Tamaki Hiroyuki Takeda and Osamu Ishitani

Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Science, Department of Chemistry, O‐okayama 2‐12‐1‐NE‐1, Meguro, Tokyo, 152‐8550, Japan

9.1 Introduction

‘Artificial photosynthesis’, which has been recently also called ‘solar fuels’, has been one of the dreaminess technologies for not only scientists but also the human race for long time. It became?> full‐scale research field in the 1980s because many countries first had serious experiences on shortage of fossil resources, so‐called oil shock, which started in 1973. We saw serious panic especially in developed nations, and many people were afraid of shortage of not only energy but ...