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New Tin-based Solar Cells Trap Heat 1,000 Times Longer, Could Beat 33% Limit


Could this push solar cell efficiency beyond the theoretical 33% limit? Interesting Engineering reports: Researchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands found that tin-based perovskite solar cells can slow heat loss from high-energy "hot electrons..." When sunlight strikes a pan...

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