Butterfly solar power generation system

Could three butterflies make solar panels more efficient?

Will - Sophie Gledhill. So with the power of three butterflies combined, more efficient and more vibrant solar panels could be coming soon to a town near you. Katie's work was carried out with the support of UK Research and Innovation. This work was carried out with the support of UK Research and Innovation.

Are butterflies giving solar input a boost?

So that's how butterflies are giving solar input a boost. But there is another facet of solar cells that is also worth considering. If they are to become an increasing presence in our lives, do they have to look like a big black square? Well, perhaps not. You may be familiar with the blue morpho butterfly.

Do glasswing butterflies absorb light?

Will - So I think I see what you're getting at with the glasswing butterflies. Obviously, as the name suggests, they have these translucent wings. And if you're saying that they can absorb light very well, that sounds pretty useful if you're a solar panel. But why did you go for cabbage white?

Can a solar cell be a blue window pane?

Well, if you could harness that structure on the wings as a kind of a window pane and slide it on top of a solar cell, well, you could turn them blue, or it turns out pretty much any other colour you want, as I've been hearing from Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Sophie Gledhill.