Outreach

The Solar Fuels Network actively supports public engagement and outreach activities that raise the profile of solar fuels/artificial photosynthesis research. Outreach and Dissemination Bursaries are available for UK-based SFN members to help fund such activities, see Funding.

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If you work in education and would like some solar fuels related worksheets and resources check out our education page!

Useful links

Partner organisations:
Royal Society of Chemistry - http://www.rsc.org/
Solar Fuels Institute - http://www.solar-fuels.org/
Knowledge Transfer Network Energy Community - https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/energyktn
Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Science & Innovation Network -
https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/uk-science-and-innovation-network
Videos and radio programmes featuring solar fuels:
Erwin Reisner’s (University of Cambridge) research group’s introduction to solar fuels -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgLmo-bzDaE
BBC World Service programme The Forum: The Future of Renewable Energy -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g94yj
BBC Radio 4 programme Frontiers: Artificial Photosynthesis -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jrknf#synopsi
BBC World News interview with Deirdre Black (Royal Society of Chemistry) about artificial
photosynthesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVuPypSR6DY
SOFI video Crowdfunding the First Drops of Solar Fuel -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLIJXrOEHck
UK Solar Fuels Research
Here are some examples of UK research groups’ work on solar fuels:
Solar Fuels Research at the University of Glasgow - http://www.glasgowsolarfuels.com/projects.html
Imperial College’s Artificial Leaf Initiative -
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/energyfutureslab/research/grandchallenges/artificialleaf
Prof Fraser Armstrong (University of Oxford) - http://armstrong.chem.ox.ac.uk/solarfuels.html
Dr Alex Cowan (University of Liverpool) - http://www.liv.ac.uk/chemistry/research/cowan-
group/research/
Prof Robin Perutz (University of York) - http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/o-
s/rperutz/furtherinfo/solarfuel/
Prof Erwin Reisner (University of Cambridge) - http://www-reisner.ch.cam.ac.uk/research.html