New semiconductor material could lead to 56% efficient solar cells
Date: Friday, November 07, 2003 @ 00:35:06 GMT
Topic: General
Bottomquark has an article:
A ZnMnTe crystal with added oxygen impurities has been synthesized by researchers that converts sun light to electrical energy with 56% efficiency in the labaratory. This is a huge improvement over current solar cells, which at best convert only about 33% of light into power. Even greater efficiencies are predicted using multiple junctions.
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