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Moth Eyes Inspire Photovoltaic Improvements

Posted by JD Thomas on 09. Feb, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

Rivas told physicsworld.com that his team’s long term goal is to turn this into a product but, for the next few years, they will continue to seek even lower reflection. “In theory we could get 99 per cent transmission; the difficulty is that our nanowires will need to get longer and thicker and then scattering come into play,” he said.