Photosynthesis Vs Solar Panels

According to the wikipedia page on photosynthetic efficiency typical plants have a radiant energy to chemical energy conversion efficiency between 0 1 and 2.

Photosynthesis vs solar panels.

Determining the relative efficiency of photosynthesis and photovoltaics is not a simple problem by david biello on may 12 2011. While photosynthesis is a plant based chemical process solar cells or photovoltaic cells are man made and convert solar energy into electricity. Most commercially available solar panels have more than 10 times this efficiency. Solar cells use a semiconductor material like silicon si to harvest the energy through.

Solar cells release short lived electrons when. In photosynthesis the conversion of energy helps create oxygen water and glucose. Photosynthesis is less efficient than solar panels. In photosynthesis the plants rely on.

Which are better to capture solar energy. One major difference is that solar panels only rely on the sunlight.