RELEVANCE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT
The development and use of smart matrices would revolutionize our ability to control and
implement solar-fuel-forming systems at the molecular level. The discovery of the fundamental
design principles needed to maximize the efficiency of photoconversion by bio-inspired
molecular and supramolecular structures would make it possible to tailor the performance of
each module in a solar-fuels production system to its specific function. The flexibility of a
modular approach would translate into economic advantages as well, because individual modules
could be optimized as advances in science and technology permit.
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