artificial photochemical cells Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Scientists Hack Tobacco Plants to Grow Synthetic Photovoltaic Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-hack-tobacco-plants-to-grow-synthetic-photovoltaic-cells-20100127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scientists-hack-tobacco-plants-to-grow-synthetic-photovoltaic-cells-20100127/#respond Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6396 A group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a way to produce artificial photovoltaic and photochemical cells by infecting the tobacco plants with a genetically engineered virus. Unlike traditional methods of making solar cells, this new technique is more environmentally friendly (because the cells are biodegradable) and cheap.

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