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During photosynthesis, the electrons that are needed for the electron transport chain are produced when light energy splits water molecules.

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In oxygenic photosynthesis (in plants, algae, cyanobacteria) light energy drives photolysis of water at photosystem II, producing electrons (plus H+ and O2) that supply the photosynthetic electron transport chain.