Bionic material solar cells

A dive into underwater solar cells | Nature Photonics

The concept of using solar cells to power devices such as AUVs has been around since the late 1990s. Blidberg and colleagues used two 30 W multicrystalline Si solar panels, each with an area of 0. ...

Bionic metamaterial for multispectral-compatible camouflage of …

Bionic metamaterial for multispectral- compatible camouflage of solar spectrum and infrared in the background of vegetation. Inspired by the mechanisms of spectral features of natural leaves in solar spectral and infrared bands, Xu et al. prepare a compatible …

Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source

Paper-thin solar cell can turn any surface into a power source

Lycopene‐Based Bionic Membrane for Stable Perovskite …

Although the efficiency is gradually approaching that of traditional solar cells, the stability is still a challenge. Hence, tomato lycopene, a botanic antioxidant, is introduced as a modification layer on the PVSK absorber layer to prevent moisture and oxygen erosion, …

Bionic metamaterial for multispectral-compatible camouflage of solar …

In the HS camera, the material displays solar spectral reflection characteristics similar to those of natural leaves. In the IR camera, the material shows weak IR radiative characteristics due to its low ε IR in both middle-IR …

Bionic Photovoltaic Panels Bio-Inspired by Green Leaves

The bionic façade consists of bionic leaves, which are made of photovoltaic cells and evaporative matrices. A real scale experiment was carried out in the summer to evaluate the potential of the cooling efficiency of the microclimatic layer and a new photovoltaic cooling technique.

Bionic Levodopa-Modified TiO2 for Preparation of Perovskite Solar Cells …

TiO2 is one of the most common electron transport layer materials, but its poor conductivity, charge extraction, and photostability pose great challenges to the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells. Herein, a levodopa molecule was chlorinated to form LDA-Cl in a TiO2 precursor solution for the modification of TiO2 via …

Bio-inspired vertebral design for scalable and flexible perovskite solar cells

Principles of bionic crystallization and structural design Social activities in a person''s life are inseparable from the normal function of articular cartilage. Articular cartilage can protect ...

Bionic Leaf

The Bionic Leaf is a biomimetic system that gathers solar energy via photovoltaic cells that can be stored or used in a number of different functions. Bionic leaves can be composed of both synthetic (metals, ceramics, polymers, etc.) and organic materials (), or solely made of synthetic materials. ...

Producing ''green'' energy — literally — from living plant ''bio-solar cells''

Researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have, for the first time, used a succulent plant to create a living "bio-solar cell" that runs on photosynthesis. Though plants can serve as a source of food, oxygen and décor, they''re not often considered to ...

Lycopene‐Based Bionic Membrane for Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics

Although the efficiency is gradually approaching that of traditional solar cells, the stability is still a challenge. Hence, tomato lycopene, a botanic antioxidant, is introduced as a modification layer on the PVSK absorber layer to prevent moisture and oxygen erosion, for enhanced both intrinsic and environmental stabilities.

Photovoltaics: Self-cleaning solar cells | Nature Nanotechnology

Kun-Yu Lai, Jr-Hau He and colleagues from KAUST and the National Central University in Taiwan have now developed high-efficiency silicon solar cells that offer excellent self-cleaning capabilities.

Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting …

19.1. Introduction Solar energy is clean and green energy for providing an excellent solution to complete energy demand. Light harvesting systems like solar cells are important devices for absorbing the light energy and converting that …

Natural biomaterial sarcosine as an interfacial layer enables …

The natural biomaterial sarcosine as an electron transport layer (ETL) to modify ITO or ITO/ZnO was successfully introduced into inverted organic solar cells (OSCs) with PM6:BTP-BO-4Cl as the active layer.

Light absorption enhancement in ultrathin perovskite solar cells …

Plasmonic structure arrays, which are embedded into dielectric layers of solar cells, have shown impressive light absorption enhancement of photoactive layers. The arrays, which are placed close to the semiconductor layer, can scatter the incident light …

Bioinspired solar cells: contribution of biology to light harvesting …

Mimicking strategies for bioinspired 3D arrays of DSSCs inspired by leaves. DSSC, dye-sensitized solar cell. Reproduced with permission from Yun, M.J., Sim, Y.H., Cha, S.I., Lee, D.Y., 2019. Leaf ...

Research progress on functional, structural and material design of plant-inspired green bionic …

Since 1997, the term ''bionics'' was coined; bionics as a scientific field has been studied for decades, as evidenced by the increasing number of publications on the Web of Science. As shown in Fig. 1, we examined the interest in bionics and bionic architecture from 1997 to 2023, including journal articles, conference proceedings, and …

Magnetically-accelerated photo-thermal conversion and energy storage based on bionic …

In the present study, a hierarchical bionic porous nano-composite was prepared, which efficiently merged the nanomaterial characteristics of magnetism and high thermal conductivity in order to form a magnetically-accelerated solar-thermal energy storage

Bio-inspired surface structures promote optical transmittance and hydrophobicity in cellulose-based films for self-cleaning perovskite solar cells ...

Bio-inspired surface structures promote optical ...

Bionic structures and materials inspired by plant leaves: A …

Leaves have developed various functional structures to enhance plant survival, making them the most typical bionic prototypes. Bionic research inspired by plant leaves has yielded numerous research results, a wide range of applications, and …

Bionic photovoltaic panels bio-inspired by green leaves

In strong solar light, silicon solar panels can heat up by 70°C and, thereby, loose approximately one third of their efficiency for electricity generation. Leaf structures of plants on the other hand, have developed a series of technological adaptations, which allow them to limit their temperature to 40–45°C in full sunlight, even if water evaporation is …

Efficient defect passivation of Sb2Se3 film by tellurium doping for high performance solar cells

Defects in a semiconductor dictate the carrier transport and recombination ability, which are critical factors that influence the power conversion efficiency in solar cells. In this study, we demonstrate that the introduction of tellurium is able to fine tune the atomic ratio of Se/Sb in Sb2Se3 thin films, b

Bionic algae for solar hydrogen

Finding a sustainable strategy to produce hydrogen fuel with sunlight is a long-standing challenge. In a recent issue of Nature Communications, Xu et al. show that coating photosynthetic algae with a …

Bionic leaf uses bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel

Now scientists from a team spanning Harvard University''s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. Their work integrates an "artificial leaf" which uses a …

Light absorption enhancement in ultrathin perovskite solar cells using plasmonic light trapping and bionic …

Ultrathin perovskite solar cells enhanced by plasmonic structure arrays with different shapes. (a) Absorbed solar irradiance under a 100 nm perovskite layer with (red) and without (black dotted ...

Smart Bionic Structures: Connecting Nature and Technology …

Among bionic smart robots, bionic grippers fabricated using shape-memory materials or pneumatically actuated soft materials have been extensively studied [124]. One example is a thermally responsive self-deforming bionic gripper inspired by climbing plants, depicted in Fig. 12 (a).

Bionic structures and materials inspired by plant leaves: A …

Bionic research inspired by plant leaves has yielded numerous research results, a wide range of applications, and excellent problem-solving abilities, surpassing other bionic prototypes. Plant leaves are of great importance in bionics, and are currently …

Bionic Photovoltaic Panels Bio-Inspired by Green Leaves

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2009, 93, 422–441. [9] Henrion W, Tributsch H. Optical solar energy adaptations and radiative temperature control of green leaves and tree barks. Solar Energy Materials and …

Automatic light-adjusting electrochromic device powered by perovskite solar cell …

Automatic light-adjusting electrochromic device powered ...

Bio-inspired surface structures promote optical transmittance and …

Addressing the requirements for light management layers in solar cells and drawing inspiration from nature, we hypothesized that bioinspired cellulose-based materials could not only emulate...

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