Blu-ray discs could help make the solar cells used in solar panels more efficient, researchers say. Solar cells rely on materials that convert photons of light into electricity.

Blu-ray discs are so great at capturing light, a team of engineers from Northwestern University thought they would test how well Blu-ray works for solar panels. After all, solar panels must also ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have used Blu-ray discs -- of Jackie Chan's Police Story 3: Supercop, to be exact -- to increase the efficiency of solar panels by 22%. By Sebastian Anthony ...

It turns out that the nanostructure of Blu-ray disc makes them especially well-suited to soaking up light—exactly what you’d want with a solar panel. A group of researchers at Northwestern ...

One of the best ways to store high-definition movies and television shows because of their high-density data storage, Blu-ray discs also improve the performance of solar cells, according to a new ...

Solar cells, like Blu-Ray discs, must capture light. Networks of microscopic ridges carved into solar devices have been shown to raise the efficiency of the panels at capturing sunlight that falls ...

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 ...

They discovered the azure nanoscopic pattern on Blu-ray discs can be implemented to improve the efficiency of solar panels. The team bought up several copies of Police Story 3 (on sale at Best Buy ...

According to a new study in Nature Communications, the patterns etched onto Blu-ray disks could be harnessed in the engineering of solar panels. Blu-ray disks get their vibrant hue from the ...

Blu-ray discs also improve the performance of solar cells -- suggesting a second use for unwanted discs -- according to new research from Northwestern University. An interdisciplinary research team ...