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Kirk, A.P. Comment on “Thermodynamic bounds on work extraction from photocells and photosynthesis”. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 232 (Suppl 1), 9–10 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00624-4

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