From a past life as a biologist looking at photosynthesis, IIRC, at least the photosynthetic systems of algae were optimized for (1) "dynamic range" of sunlight and (2) molecular stability.
(1) Intermittent flecks of light - not guaranteed continuous sunlight in the wild.
(2) every photon captured destabilizes the molecular assembly and some captured energy may be better lost than build up oxidative stress.
Of course, this is from a ten year old memory and may be completely wrong.
(1) Intermittent flecks of light - not guaranteed continuous sunlight in the wild.
(2) every photon captured destabilizes the molecular assembly and some captured energy may be better lost than build up oxidative stress.
Of course, this is from a ten year old memory and may be completely wrong.