Biological solar energy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1853, 2007, Pages 1007-1023

  Barber, James ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Efficiency; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Solar energy; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047103923     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1962     Document Type: Article

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