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1 .This is Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minute?
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2 .You wouldn't think that things as mundane as rust or the eyes of a garden-variety moth would have much in common with advances in sustainable energy.
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3 .But Swiss researchers report that a way to create highly efficient solar panels may involve photocells incorporating light-absorbing qualities of iron oxide within a structure similar to moth eyes.
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4 .The scientists covered tiny particles of tungsten oxide with iron oxide to mimic the way moth eyes gather light.
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5 .Moth light absorption is highly efficient, for survival reasons,
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6 .because the eyes barely reflect any light, they don't attract the attention of predators.
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7 .And where most solar panels convert light to electricity, these devices use solar rays to split water molecules and produce pure hydrogen fuel.
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8 .Which deals with the storage problem associated with solar power.
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9 .The research will appear in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.
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10 .Stanford University researchers are likewise exploring ways to bypass electricity generation when splitting water molecules.
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11 .Their work combines into a single unit the photoelectric cells that gather sunlight and the electrolyzer that produces hydrogen.
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12 .They published their research last fall in the journal Science.
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13 .Both projects are part of an effort to get solar to better compete with cheap fossil fuels.
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14 .And bring heliocentrism to the power supply.
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Tech. I'm Larry Greenemeier.
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