Understanding the role chloride ions play in photosynthesis may lead to better solar cells, claim international scientists. If we could use sunlight efficiently to split water into hydrogen and oxygen like plants do, mankind would have an unlimited supply of hydrogen to use as fuel, says James Barber of Imperial College London, UK. He and colleagues in the UK, France and Japan have found new insight into the photosynthesis mechanism, bringing this dream a little closer.
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