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Leaf veins inspire self-replenishing organic solar cell design

Leaf veins inspire self-replenishing organic solar cell design, The Engineer, Aug. 11, 2013. NC State researchers show that creating solar cell devices with channels that mimic organic vascular systems can effectively reinvigorate solar cells whose performance deteriorates due to degradation by the sun’s ultraviolet rays. Orlin Velev and Hyung-Jun Koo, chemical and biomolecular engineering, featured.