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Photovoltaic Cell from Plant Proteins

Posted by timothy on from the apollo-powered-popeye-approved dept.

TheSync writes "FuturePundit has a story about work at MIT to develop a photovoltaic cell from spinach chloroplast proteins to generate electricity. These cells convert 12% of the light energy into electricity, and researchers hope to reach 20% efficiency, better than commercial silicon solar cells."

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  1. Business plan by simonecaldana · · Score: 3, Funny

    1) Develop spinach based photovoltaic cells
    2) Use Popeye in the logo
    3) Profit!

  2. Watch out biotech patents by samjam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well.... spinach, eh?

    They'll be bio-hackers trying to crack the genetic drm; or taking illegal cuttings to try and increase the power they get without paying more money to the patent licensee.

    Or maybe high-level UV will mutate the plant to become profific and it will spread like triffids and overpower the grid.

    I really want to be able to grow more power when I need it, and if I have too much I can eat some, for kicks.

    Sam

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    blog.sam.liddicott.com