Engineered biomimicry for harvesting solar energy: A bird's eye view

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-90

  Martín Palma, Raúl J ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

antireflective coating; artificial photosynthesis; bioinspiration; biomimetics; bioreplication; engineering biomimicry; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; CELL ENGINEERING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFLECTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; BIO-INSPIRATION; BIOMIMICRY; BIOREPLICATION; BIRD'S EYE VIEW; NANO-STRUCTURING; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; TEXTURED COATINGS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879683141     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2012.663812     Document Type: Article

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