Blu-ray https://refractor.io/tag/blu-ray/ Blu-ray en-AU Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:56:39 GMT Blu-ray discs could help make better solar cells https://refractor.io/science/blu-ray-discs-could-help-make-better-solar-cells/ According to researchers, Blu-ray disc patterns markedly improve the efficiency of solar cells when repurposed as light concentrators (Photo: Shutterstock)

Blu-ray discs have proven themselves superior to DVDs as storage media in light of their high capacity, high definition, and higher transfer rate. Now researchers claim that Blu-ray discs have one more advantage over DVDs: they also have the ability to help markedly improve the efficiency of solar cells, when their etched information patterns are repurposed for use as light concentrators.

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