Regenerable photovoltaic devices with a hydrogel-embedded microvascular network

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Koo, Hyung Jun ^a,b   Velev, Orlin D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEL;

BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HYDROGEL; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVASCULATURE; PLANT LEAF; POWER SUPPLY; RECYCLING; REGENERATION; SOLAR ENERGY; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT;

BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HYDROGELS; LIGHT; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROVESSELS; PLANT LEAVES; REGENERATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84881402485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02357     Document Type: Article

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