Is Photosynthesis a process reproducible in lab ?

Question

For bilions of years the earth has produced a way to use the CO2 in the air with Photosynthesis.
Could it be possible to build in lab something working like Photosynthesis ... using the Photosynthesis results (no energy from the environment other that CO2) to absorb the excess of CO2 that is actually causing atmospheric disasters?

Answer 1

Photosynthesis is a fundamental biochemical process in which higher plants, algae, some bacteria, and some protists convert the energy of sunlight into chemical energy. The chemical energy is then used to fix carbon into simple sugars that are converted to glucose, the major food molecule of the cell.

Photosynthesis is arguably the most important biochemical pathway on Earth. Photosynthetic organisms form the bottom of the food chain. Energy sources such as coal, oil and natural gas ultimately derive their energy from photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is also responsible for producing the oxygen that makes up a large portion of the Earth's atmosphere.

Organisms that produce sugars (organic chemicals) through photosynthesis are called photoautotrophs (as opposed to chemoautotrophs, which convert inorganic chemicals into organic ones that can be used as substrates in respiration). Higher plants are the most visible representatives of photoautotrophs, but it should be emphasized that bacteria and algae contribute significantly to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy usable by all other non-photosynthetic organisms.

one of the main reasons the "PHOTOSYNTHESIS" seems impossible is due to the fact that fixing the raw materials to the correct composition is pretty hard and also fixing "SUNLIGHT" seems to be still impossible

so photo synthesis is still impossible but can be achieved soon in near future and the scientists are still workin on it

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Kazama

Answer 2

If we could perform photosynthesis in the lab it would change the world. We would be able to stop global warming and we'd have a big step up on the hydrogen economy. Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen. This car uses artificial photosynthesis and can split water vapor into hydrogen and oxygen (photo system I). So this car looks like it runs on air!!

Unfortunately, artificial photosynthesis is only in the early stages of research. I think the Australians are doing the most work on it. Look up the links on the source below. You'll learn alot more about artificial photosynthesis.

I hope you can help solve the problems with making artificial photosynthesis, and save the world.

Answer 3

i read in encyclopedia of science that photosynthesis is very complicated process and scientist have not could produce this processin lab yet.

Answer 4

this is a very good question. to put this idea into reality, you'd need chemists and botanists working together to create the actual working model. they would then need to work wiith engineers to make mass-produced versions of the experimental setup. hopefully, somone rich might read this and give your idea a chance.

Answer 5

Yes, in a biology or organic chemistry lab, just ask my professor who thinks he knows everything but sometimes dead wrong.