TY - JOUR
T1 - Engineered biomimicry for harvesting solar energy
T2 - A bird's eye view
AU - Martín-Palma, Raúl J.
AU - Lakhtakia, Akhlesh
N1 - Funding Information:
RJMP is grateful for funding provided by a cooperative project of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Banco de Santander. AL thanks the Charles Godfrey Binder Endowment at the Pennsylvania State University for partial support of his research activities.
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - All three methodologies of engineered biomimicry-bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication-are represented in current research on harvesting solar energy. Both processes and porous surfaces inspired by plants and certain marine animals, respectively, are being investigated for solar cells. Whereas dye-sensitized solar cells deploy artificial photosynthesis, bioinspired nanostructuring of materials in solar cells improves performance. Biomimetically textured coatings for solar cells have been shown to reduce optical reflectance and increase optical absorptance over a broad spectral regime. Compound lenses fabricated by a bioreplication technique offer similar promise for reduced reflectance by increasing the angular field of view.
AB - All three methodologies of engineered biomimicry-bioinspiration, biomimetics, and bioreplication-are represented in current research on harvesting solar energy. Both processes and porous surfaces inspired by plants and certain marine animals, respectively, are being investigated for solar cells. Whereas dye-sensitized solar cells deploy artificial photosynthesis, bioinspired nanostructuring of materials in solar cells improves performance. Biomimetically textured coatings for solar cells have been shown to reduce optical reflectance and increase optical absorptance over a broad spectral regime. Compound lenses fabricated by a bioreplication technique offer similar promise for reduced reflectance by increasing the angular field of view.
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U2 - 10.1080/19475411.2012.663812
DO - 10.1080/19475411.2012.663812
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879683141
SN - 1947-5411
VL - 4
SP - 83
EP - 90
JO - International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
JF - International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
IS - 2
ER -
