Insect eyes inspire new solar cell design by Stanford researchers

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Sep 7, 2017, 6:23 pm72 pts
Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could pave the way to a new generation of advanced photovoltaics, say Stanford University scientists.In a new study, the Stanford team used the insect-inspired design to protect a fragile photovoltaic material called…

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