Thursday, September 7, 2017

Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design from Stanford

09/07/2017 10:40 AM EDT

the compound eye of a fly

Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could help scientists overcome a major roadblock to the development of perovskite photovoltaics. The new compound solar cell is described in a study by Stanford researchers.


Full story at http://news.stanford.edu/2017/08/31/new-solar-cell-inspired-insect-eyes/

Source
Stanford University


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