Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Monday, February 6, 2012

When Bio and Solar converge: 6 hot projects at the bio-solar-electric frontier

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane February 3, 2012

Six teams, six projects test the frontier — where the best of solar-electric and the best of bio-based create a new field of biosolar technologies — for fuels, materials, sensors and more.
When it comes down to it, a living organism such as a plant is an incredibly sophisticated next-gen solar panel, harvesting light as well as CO2, water and nutrients for the production of energy, proteins and more.

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