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Natural dyes from plants rich in compounds called flavonoids can produce electrical current when sandwiched between the layers of a solar cell, in the spot where silicon would normally go. Carroll's team set out to find a plant whose dye would work the best - and which could be grown all over the world. The team focused on red or purple plant dyes, since those colors absorb the most photons from sunlight.

Strawberries didn't work. Besides, Carroll said, they wanted "to stay away from things people would eat," focusing instead on a plant that would have multiple uses. Eventually the team tried poke. Pokeweed, whose berries and mature leaves are poisonous, can be eaten if cooked properly when shoots are small, making it a dual-purpose crop that could make sense in the developing world, Carroll said.

"Other people have done similar things, so we're not the only ones who have done this," Carroll said. "But we're the only ones who have (used) very raw and unprocessed stuff.

Source: Charlotte Observer

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