What are chlorophyll traps and how do they work?

I do not quite understand the question. I have never heard of a “chlorophyll trap”. My best bet is that this question rather ask “what does chlorophyll trap, and how does it work”. In that case the answer is it traps energy fro the sun and transfo... read more

My best bet is that this question rather ask “what does chlorophyll trap, and how does it work”. In that case the answer is it traps energy fro the sun and transforms it into usable/consumable energy like glucose by means of photosynthesis. read more

Figure 1. is a diagram of the structure of chlorophyll and some notes on how it absorbs light energy. Light absorbed by chlorophyll excites the electrons in the ring as shown above. Different wavelengths of light excite the electrons by different amounts (Figure 2). read more