Blu-ray patterns improve solar cells
Nanotechweb - Fri 28 Nov 14Quasi-random nanostructured patterns allow devices to absorb more sunlight.
Materials: Blu-ray patterns pump up solar cells
Nature News - Wed 26 Nov 14Nature 515 469 doi: 10.1038/515469c
Blu-ray discs could help make better solar cells
New Atlas - Tue 25 Nov 14Blu-ray discs have proven themselves superior to DVDs as storage media in light of their high capacity, high definition, and higher transfer rate. Now researchers claim that Blu-ray discs have ...
Blu-ray Discs Spin Their Way Into Making Solar Cells More Efficient
IEEE Spectrum - Tue 25 Nov 14Optical storage media is on the way out, but Blu-ray discs can be repurposed to significantly increase the efficiency of solar cells
Blu-ray disc can be used to improve solar cell performance
Phys.org - Tue 25 Nov 14Who knew Blu-ray discs were so useful? Already one of the best ways to store high-definition movies and television shows because of their high-density data storage, Blu-ray discs also improve ...
Blu-ray disc can be used to improve solar cell performance, R&D Mag - Tue 25 Nov 14Blu-ray disc can be used to improve solar cell performance, ScienceDaily - Tue 25 Nov 14
Solar panels improved with Blu-ray tech, won't play 'Pacific Rim'
Engadget - Fri 28 Nov 14On paper, collecting the sun's energy is a pretty great idea -- but most solar panels suffer from relatively low photovoltaic efficiency. On average, most panels will collect less than 20-percent ...
Solar cells made more efficient by adding the bumps and pits from Blu-ray discs
Geek.com - Thu 27 Nov 14It’s been a struggle for solar panel makers to boost efficiency over the years, and what a bummer. Here we have all this free energy raining down and most solar panels can only […]
Solar cells etched with Blu-ray bit patterns absorb 21.8% more energy
ZME Science - Wed 26 Nov 14Apart from both being shiny, it’s hard to see any connection between a Blu-ray disk and a solar panel. Northwestern University researchers thought outside the box, however, and used the ...
Jackie Chan Blu-ray disc boosts solar panel efficiency by a massive 22%
Extremetech - Wed 26 Nov 14Researchers at Northwestern University have used Blu-ray discs -- of Jackie Chan's Police Story 3: Supercop, to be exact -- to increase the efficiency of solar panels by 22%.
How Blu-ray discs can improve solar panels
FOXNews - Wed 26 Nov 14Blu-ray discs could help make the solar cells used in solar panels more efficient, researchers say.
The pattern on Blu-ray discs shown to improve solar panel efficiency by 20 percent
Techspot - Wed 26 Nov 14What do solar panels and Blu-ray discs have in common? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered an unexpected yet useful purpose for old Blu-ray ...
A More Efficient Solar Panel Can Be Made With Old Blu-Ray Discs
Gizmodo - Tue 25 Nov 14Yes, a Blu-ray copy of Police Story 3: Supercop was destroyed for the sake of science. It turns out that the nanostructure of Blu-ray disc makes them especially well-suited to soaking up light—exactly ...
How To Make Extra-Efficient Solar Panels Using Old Blu-Ray Discs
Popular Science - Tue 25 Nov 14You probably don't think of them that way, but Blu-ray discs have a gorgeous color. In fact, the same physics that gives butterfly wings and housefly eyes their iridescent…
Recycled Blu-ray Discs Can Help Boost Solar Cell Efficiency
Inhabitat - Thu 27 Nov 14It looks like Blu-ray discs are good for more than just entertainment, as a new study shows they can be recycled to improve the performance of solar cells. Research published by Northwestern ...
Recycled Blu-ray discs improve solar panels
UPI - Tue 25 Nov 14Brooks HaysCHICAGO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The patterns etched into the bottom of Blu-ray discs are perfect for enhancing the energy absorption propertings of modern solar panels.
Blu-Ray Discs Can Improve The Performance Of Solar Cells
RedOrbit - Wed 26 Nov 14Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online From old Jackie Chan movies to your favorite episodes of Family Guy, the technology works just the same Just as VHS tapes were replaced ...