Granted, we’ve no idea what it takes to really push the efficiency level of a solar cell, but we’re getting pretty bored with these incremental improvements year after year. If you’ll recall, the record for solar cell efficiency sat at 40.7 percent in 2006, and that was raised to an amazing 40.8 percent last August. Today, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems have announced an all new milestone: 41.1 percent efficiency. According to team head Frank Dimroth, the crew is simply “elated by this breakthrough.” Meanwhile, the rest of planet Earth is suddenly depressed by the thought of perishing from old age before this data point ever breaks the big five-oh.
[Via Gizmag]
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