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Australian researchers are working on synthetic molecules that mimic the role of chlorophyll in plants.

Dense arrays of chlorophyll molecules in leaves are responsible for converting light energy to electrical energy and then to chemical energy...

Crossley and team have made a synthetic form of chlorophyll that performs the first part of that process, converting light energy to electrical energy...

"It's a very hot topic," says Crossley. "So people are endeavouring to use all sorts of novel nanomaterials and ideas in order to achieve high efficiency in the generation of electricity from solar energy."

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