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This article was published as part of the 2009 Renewable Energy issue Reviewing the latest developments in renewable energy research Guest Editors Professor Daniel Nocera and Professor Dirk Guldi Please take a look at the issue 1 table of contents to access the other reviews. CRITICAL REVIEW /csr | Chemical Society Reviews Photosynthetic energy conversion: natural and artificialw James Barber* Received 15th September 2008 First published as an Advance Article on the web 10th November 2008 DOI: 10.1039/b802262n Photosystem II (PSII) is the water splitting enzyme of photosynthesis. Its appearance during evolution dramatically changed the chemical composition of our planet and set in motion an unprecedented explosion in biological activity. Powered by sunlight, PSII supplies biology with the ‘hydrogen’ needed to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules. The questions now are can we continue to exploit this photosynthetic process through increased use of biomass as an energy source and, more importantly, can we address the energy/CO2 problem by developing new photochemical technologies which mimic the natural system? (Critical review, 82 references) Introduction The success of photosynthesis as an energy generating and storage system stems from the fact that the raw materials and Photosynthetic organisms capture sunlight very efficiently and power needed for the synthesis of biomass are available in convert it into organic molecules. These molecules are the almost unlimited amounts; sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. building blocks of all living organisms and wit