Man’s harvesting of photovoltaic energy requires the deployment of extensive arrays of solar panels. To improve both the gathering of thermal and photovoltaic energy from the sun we have examined the concept of biomimicry in white butterflies of the family Pieridae. We tested the hypothesis that the V-shaped posture of basking white butterflies mimics the V-trough concentrator which is designed to increase solar input to photovoltaic cells.
Original Source [2]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/white-butterflies-solar-photovoltaic-concentrators
[2] http://www.nature.com/srep/2015/150731/srep12267/full/srep12267.html
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/katie-shanks
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-senthilarasu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/richard-h-ffrench-constant-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-scientific-reports
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-energy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/butterflies
