Litsamaiso tsa maiketsetso tsa photosynthesis li nkoa e le tse tšepisang bakeng sa ho hapa carbon dioxide le ho hlahisa lijo. Ke khale bo-rasaense ba leka ho rarolla bothata bona. Mokhoa o joalo o entsoe ke bafuputsi ba Univesithi ea California, ho tlaleha Makasine ea tlhaho.
Methati e 'meli ea electrolysis ea carbon dioxide e hlahisa acetate, karolo e ka sehloohong ea asene, e nang le khetho ea carbon ea 57%, e lumellang hore e sebelisoe ka ho toba bakeng sa temo ea heterotrophic ea tomoso, li-fungus le algae e tala lefifing ntle le biological photosynthesis.
Ho feta moo, mokhoa oa morao-rao o tla lekoa bakeng sa limela tse phahameng: koae, raese, tamati le peō ea rape. Tlhahlobo ea lijalo tse robong e bonts'itse hore k'habone e tsoang ho acetate e tsoang kantle ho naha e kenyelelitsoe ho biomass ka mekhoa e meholo ea metabolism.
Ho kopanya mokhoa ona le mekhoa e teng ea photovoltaic ho ka eketsa bokhoni ba ho fetola matla a letsatsi hore e be lijo ka makhetlo a ka bang mane ho bapisoa le biological photosynthesis, e sa feteng ~ 1%.