Manaʻo ʻia nā ʻōnaehana photosynthesis artificial no ka hopu ʻana i ka carbon dioxide a me ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ua hoʻāʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema e hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana e nā mea noiʻi mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi Nature magazine.
ʻElua mau papa electrolysis o carbon dioxide e hana i ka acetate, ka mea nui o ka vīnega, me ka carbon selectivity o 57%, e hiki ai ke hoʻohana pololei ʻia no ka mahi heterotrophic o ka hū, fungi a me nā algae ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka pōʻeleʻele me ka ʻole o ka photosynthesis biological.
Eia kekahi, e ho'āʻo ʻia ke ala hou loa no nā mea kanu kiʻekiʻe: ka paka, ka laiki, nā ʻōmato a me ka rapeseed. Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi loiloi o ʻeiwa mau mea kanu i hoʻohui ʻia ke kalapona mai ka acetate i hoʻolako nui ʻia i loko o ka biomass ma o nā ala metabolic nui.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia ala me nā ʻōnaehana photovoltaic e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka pono o ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka ikehu o ka lā i meaʻai ma kahi o ʻehā mau manawa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka photosynthesis biological, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o ~1%.