Bionic algae for solar hydrogen

Finding a sustainable strategy to produce hydrogen fuel with sunlight is a long-standing challenge. In a recent issue of Nature Communications, Xu et al. show that coating photosynthetic algae with a protective inorganic shell, creating bionic algae, improves their potential to produce solar hydrogen. Finding a sustainable strategy to produce hydrogen fuel with sunlight is a long-standing challenge. In a recent issue of Nature Communications, Xu et al. show that coating photosynthetic algae with a protective inorganic shell, creating bionic algae, improves their potential to produce solar hydrogen.