New energy source from the common pea: Scientists create a solar energy device from a plant protein structure

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 12:35 in Physics & Chemistry

Isolating the minute crystals of the PSI super complex from the pea plant, a biochemistry researcher suggests these crystals can be illuminated and used as small battery chargers or form the core of more efficient man-made solar cells.

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