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IBM touts efficiency 'breakthrough' in solar cells

Posted: 20 May 2008  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: IBM breakthrough  solar cell  power efficiency rate 

[Summary of tips] IBM Corp. researchers have managed to squeeze 230W of power onto a centimeter square of solar panel using concentrator photovoltaics. The energy was then converted to 70W of usable electric power, the best power efficiency yet achieved, the company claims.The IBM researchers used a very thin layer of a liquid metal made of a ga......
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