SCIENCE - Harvesting light, the single-molecule way: Molecular mechanism of light harvesting may illuminate path forward to future solar cells

Scientists have reached new insights into one of the molecular mechanisms behind light harvesting, which enables photosynthetic organisms to thrive, even as weather conditions change from full sunlight to deep cloud cover. Probing these natural systems is helping us understand the basic mechanisms of light harvesting -- work that could help improve the design and efficiency of devices like solar cells in the future ...

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