Could a Plant Guide Design of Next-Generation Solar Panels?

August 7, 2024

Using silk biomaterials, Tufts researchers copy a jewel orchid’s highly efficient system of capturing and networking light

Spotlight on green leaves of an orchid plant, with ivy in the background. Tufts researchers find a jewel orchid that captures light very efficiently and creates its own optical network, and make a copy using silk biomaterials, hoping to apply technology to solar panels