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It's true but photosynthesis has two stages. The light reaction stage is quite efficient. Chlorophyll a is slightly more efficient than commercial solar panels.
by geoalchimista 7y ago
It's true but photosynthesis has two stages. The light reaction stage is quite efficient. Chlorophyll a is slightly more efficient than commercial solar panels. The dark reaction stage, which assimilates CO2 to produce carbohydrates, is the limiting step that drives the efficiency down.
- anticensor 7y agoNon-light sensitive parts of photosynthesis has to be inefficient because otherwise aerobic respiration would be inefficient.