Photosynthetic glucose-production limit
Blankenship et al. 2011 calculate a theoretical limit of about 12 % for the free-energy efficiency of photosynthetic glucose production from CO₂ and water by considering the chlorophyll band-edge absorption and the two-photosystem structure of oxygenic photosynthesis, whose two photosystems compete for the same regions of the solar spectrum. Compared only with a datum that states the same basis.
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η ≤ ≈ 12 % of incident solar energy stored as glucose free energy, for oxygenic photosynthesis from CO₂ and water under the chlorophyll band-edge and two-photosystem assumptions
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- [1]R. E. Blankenship, et al.. Comparing photosynthetic and photovoltaic efficiencies and recognizing the potential for improvement (2011)
- [2]X.-G. Zhu, S. P. Long, D. R. Ort. Improving photosynthetic efficiency for greater yield (2010)
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