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Moth Eyes Inspire More Efficient Thin-film Solar Cells

Moth Eyes Inspire More Efficient Thin-film Solar CellsTreehugger (blog), May 20, 2013. NC State researchers are looking to biomimicry to solve one of thin-film solar technology’s biggest problems: light reflection between films that causes light to be lost before it can be harnessed for energy production. They found their solution in the eyes of moths. Chih-Hao Chang, mechanical and aerospace engineering, featured.