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Moth Eyes to the Rescue: Creating More Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells

Moth Eyes to the Rescue: Creating More Efficient Thin-Film Solar Cells, World Industrial Reporter, May 21, 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.