Triple-junction solar cell could break 50 percent conversion barrier

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Submission + - Triple-junction solar cell could break 50 percent conversion barrier (gizmag.com)

Submitted by fergus07 on Thursday January 17, 2013 @04:02AM

fergus07 writes: The current world record for triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 percent, but a collaboration between the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Imperial College of London, and MicroLink Devices Inc. has lead to a multi-junction photovoltaic cell design that could break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier under concentrated solar illumination.

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