Field
Energy
Horizon
σ Sigma · 2029–2035
Lead center
Energy & Fusion
Maturity
Developing — prototypes scaling toward deployment
Why it matters
It could make carbon-neutral liquid fuels and chemicals directly from sunlight, storing solar energy in dense, transportable form.
Where it stands
Lab devices demonstrate the chemistry; efficiency, durability, and scale-up to practical fuel production remain open.
How ASIZ approaches it
The discovery loop, applied.
Through the Energy & Fusion center, ASIZ aims the discovery loop at artificial photosynthesis: frontier models survey the literature and simulate the possibilities, rank the experiments most likely to resolve the open questions, and partner labs run the decisive ones — with results shared openly.