Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QW, United Kingdom.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Feb;80(4):978-82. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.4.978.
The efficiency of the process of photosynthesis is shown to depend on the molecular conversion of power. This requires establishment of a discipline that is now implicit in current thought and that offers a definition of relationship between equilibrium state and power. The quantum aspect for the microscopic process is different from the macroscopic system idealized as the heat engine and is required for the interpretation of molecular machinery. By using three postulates the ideal maximal efficiency for the molecular energy conversion is calculated from the data, which are assembled in the form of the "Z scheme" for photosynthesis. The observed and the calculated efficiencies for a green plant are substantially in agreement.
光合作用过程的效率被证明取决于能量的分子转换。这需要建立一个目前在现有思想中隐含的学科,该学科提供了平衡态和能量之间关系的定义。微观过程的量子方面与理想化的热机宏观系统不同,对于分子机械的解释是必要的。通过使用三个假设,从以“Z 方案”形式组合的光合作用数据中计算出分子能量转换的理想最大效率。观察到的和计算出的绿色植物的效率基本一致。