In one of the sunniest places on Earth, the possibilities are endless for light to fuel our lifestyles, build better materials and transform medicine.
ASU's efforts
Lightworks
Lightworks is harnessing the sun’s power to develop a biofuel compatible with diesel and jet fuel production, create sustainable plastics, research ways to mimic antibodies for better and less expensive cancer cures, and reinvent photosynthesis to create inexpensive fuel cells.
Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production
This center’s mission is to construct a complete system for solar-powered production of fuels such as hydrogen via water splitting. Design principles will be drawn from the fundamental concepts that underlie photosynthetic energy conversion.
Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology
This laboratory carries out fundamental and applied microalgal research in order to utilize microalgae for renewable energy production, environmental bioremediation, and for human nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals.
Lightworks
Lightworks is harnessing the sun’s power to develop a biofuel compatible with diesel and jet fuel production, create sustainable plastics, research ways to mimic antibodies for better and less expensive cancer cures, and reinvent photosynthesis to create inexpensive fuel cells.
Center for Bio-Inspired Solar Fuel Production
This center’s mission is to construct a complete system for solar-powered production of fuels such as hydrogen via water splitting. Design principles will be drawn from the fundamental concepts that underlie photosynthetic energy conversion.
Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology
This laboratory carries out fundamental and applied microalgal research in order to utilize microalgae for renewable energy production, environmental bioremediation, and for human nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals.
