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New discoveries about photosynthesis may lead to solar cells of the future
http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-about-photosynthesis-may-lead-to-solar-cells-of-the-future[font face=Serif][font size=5]New discoveries about photosynthesis may lead to solar cells of the future[/font]
Published: 18/07/2016
[font size=4]For the first time, researchers from Lund University have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different parts of a photosynthetic organism. The result is a first step in research that could ultimately contribute to the development of technologies that use solar energy far more efficiently than what is currently possible.[/font]
[font size=3]For about 80 years, researchers have known that photochemical reactions inside an organism do not occur in the same place as where it absorbs sunlight. What has not been known, however, is how and along what routes the solar energy is transported into the photosynthetic organism – until now.
“Not even the best solar cells that we as humans are capable of producing can be compared to what nature performs in the first stages of energy conversion. That is why new knowledge about photosynthesis will become useful for the development of future solar technologies”, says Donatas Zigmantas, Faculty of Science at Lund University, Sweden.
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So far this is basic research – more studies of how energy is transported in both natural and artificial systems are needed before the results can be turned into practice.
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Published: 18/07/2016
[font size=4]For the first time, researchers from Lund University have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different parts of a photosynthetic organism. The result is a first step in research that could ultimately contribute to the development of technologies that use solar energy far more efficiently than what is currently possible.[/font]
[font size=3]For about 80 years, researchers have known that photochemical reactions inside an organism do not occur in the same place as where it absorbs sunlight. What has not been known, however, is how and along what routes the solar energy is transported into the photosynthetic organism – until now.
“Not even the best solar cells that we as humans are capable of producing can be compared to what nature performs in the first stages of energy conversion. That is why new knowledge about photosynthesis will become useful for the development of future solar technologies”, says Donatas Zigmantas, Faculty of Science at Lund University, Sweden.
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So far this is basic research – more studies of how energy is transported in both natural and artificial systems are needed before the results can be turned into practice.
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