Limits on Natural Photosynthesis

[Image: see text] Photosynthesis in nature does not use the far infrared part of the solar spectrum (λ > 900 nm), comprising about 30% of the incoming solar energy. By simple thermodynamic arguments it is explained that this is due to the unavoidable back reactions during the night. It follows th...

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Autores principales: van Grondelle, Rienk, Boeker, Egbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2017
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28678505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03024
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description [Image: see text] Photosynthesis in nature does not use the far infrared part of the solar spectrum (λ > 900 nm), comprising about 30% of the incoming solar energy. By simple thermodynamic arguments it is explained that this is due to the unavoidable back reactions during the night. It follows that λ ≈ 900 nm provides a natural limit on artificial photosynthesis. The same limit holds for a two-tandem Si solar cell.
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spelling pubmed-56475612017-10-22 Limits on Natural Photosynthesis van Grondelle, Rienk Boeker, Egbert J Phys Chem B [Image: see text] Photosynthesis in nature does not use the far infrared part of the solar spectrum (λ > 900 nm), comprising about 30% of the incoming solar energy. By simple thermodynamic arguments it is explained that this is due to the unavoidable back reactions during the night. It follows that λ ≈ 900 nm provides a natural limit on artificial photosynthesis. The same limit holds for a two-tandem Si solar cell. American Chemical Society 2017-07-05 2017-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5647561/ /pubmed/28678505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03024 Text en Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial No Derivative Works (CC-BY-NC-ND) Attribution License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccbyncnd_termsofuse.html) , which permits copying and redistribution of the article, and creation of adaptations, all for non-commercial purposes.
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