Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

FOOD SYNTHESIS

Artificial photosynthesis of food from CO2

Nature Food volume 3, pages 409–410 (2022)Cite this article

Subjects

Food production in a given solar footprint is limited by the efficiency of natural photosynthesis. Now, a hybrid electrochemical–biological artificial photosynthesis system demonstrates the potential for food synthesis from CO2 and electricity, enabling a paradigm shift in food production.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: A hybrid electrochemical–biological artificial photosynthesis system for food production from CO2 and electricity.

References

  1. Blankenship, R. E. et al. Science 332, 805–809 (2011).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Poore, J. & Nemecek, T. Science 360, 987–992 (2018).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Mishra, A., Ntihuga, J. N., Molitor, B. & Angenent, L. T. Joule 4, 1142–1147 (2020).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Hann, E. et al. Nat. Food https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00530-x (2022).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Deng, W., Zhang, P., Seger, B. & Gong, J. Nat. Commun. 13, 803 (2022).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Cheng, D. et al. Nat. Commun. 12, 395 (2021).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Haas, T., Krause, R., Weber, R., Demler, M. & Schmid, G. Nat. Catal. 1, 32–39 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Cai, T. et al. Science 373, 1523–1527 (2021).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Luc, W. et al. Nat. Catal. 2, 423–430 (2019).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Jouny, M., Luc, W. & Jiao, F. Nat. Catal. 1, 748–755 (2018).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

    Tuo Wang & Jinlong Gong

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, China

    Tuo Wang & Jinlong Gong

  3. Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin, China

    Tuo Wang & Jinlong Gong

  4. Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Fuzhou, China

    Jinlong Gong

Authors
  1. Tuo Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jinlong Gong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Tuo Wang or Jinlong Gong.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wang, T., Gong, J. Artificial photosynthesis of food from CO2. Nat Food 3, 409–410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00544-5

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00544-5

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing