What's amazing about it is that it's many times more efficient than plants' leaves at converting sunlight to usable energy.
Of course it's not really an apples/apples comparison. The form usable energy has to take is different in living organisms, and 100% of a leaf is not dedicated to solar collection. Only the chloroplasts do that. Still it's cool that we "beat nature" here.
Of course it's not really an apples/apples comparison. The form usable energy has to take is different in living organisms, and 100% of a leaf is not dedicated to solar collection. Only the chloroplasts do that. Still it's cool that we "beat nature" here.