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Efficiency of Silicon Solar Cells Climbs

By John Boyd March 22, 2017
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Kaneka Corp. reports the first Si solar cell to achieve 26.3% efficiency—a big deal when Si solar cells’ theoretical maximum efficiency is just 29%.

Read the article in IEEE Spectrum.

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