Scientists grow solar cell components in tobacco plants
January 31st, 2010. Published under My Recent Reads. No Comments.
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(PhysOrg.com) — Over billions of years, plants have evolved very efficient sunlight-collecting systems. Now, scientists are trying to harness the finely tuned systems in tobacco plants in order to use them as the building blocks of solar cells. Scientists predict that the technique could lead to the production of inexpensive, biodegradable solar cells.