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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!