solar cells from butterflies Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Butterfly Wings Have Solar Cells Inside: Inspiration for Scientists https://www.greenoptimistic.com/butterfly-wings-solar-cell-20090209/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/butterfly-wings-solar-cell-20090209/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2135 The researchers studied the butterfly wings, using them as molds or templates. They made copies of the butterflies' solar collectors, and transferred the light-harvesting structures to classic Grätzel (or dye-sensitized) cells.

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