Self-Repair Solar Cells Pass the Test

MIT’s Michael Strano says when sunlight hits oxygen the result is damaging. It’s the reason nearly everything degrades including aging human bodies as well as solar cells. Researchers are tackling this problem by working on biological solar cells that are self-repairing and self-assembling.

They are testing these biological solar cells by using various chemicals and testing them. They’re finding that these cells are repairing and reassembling themselves when exposed to certain chemicals.

All this is adding up to possible future solar cells that can be used in manufacturing panels, films, etc that will repair the damaging the sun’s damaging effects. Cells lasting longer will strengthen solar applications leading to even further technological testing and advances.

More info about these self-repair bio solar cells at Discover Magazine.

Self-Repair Solar Cells Pass the Test