Plants are the most efficient solar energy converter. Their efficiency is near 100%.
It would seem to me that the smart thing to do would not be to try to copy them but to use them.
>>> “It appears that the photosynthesis machinery evolved not for maximum efficiency but rather for an optimally smooth and reliable output.”
www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/