Photosynthesis And Solar Panels

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Photosynthesis and solar panels.

Solar panels are spreading across deserts and fields in the united states as well as many other countries and are more ubiquitous than ever atop individual homes and businesses. While photosynthesis is a plant based chemical process solar cells or photovoltaic cells are man made and convert solar energy into electricity. The use and misuse of photosynthesis in the quest for novel methods to harness solar energy to make fuel philosophical transactions of the royal society a. The current technology introduces a solar cell that does not depend on silicon for the photovoltaic effect.

Solar cells release short lived electrons when. It seems likely that people will continue to want liquid and solid fuels that can be burned whereas solar panels can only provide us with electricity. Technologies that use solar photovoltaics pv which capture sunlight with semiconductor materials and turn it into direct electrical current are on the rise. Instead biological systems are used to convert energy by leveraging photosynthesis thereby significantly lowering the cost of production.