Submission + - Solar cell breaks 40% efficiency barrier.
Fysiks Wurks writes: From the DOE web site:
New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology: WASHINGTON, DC — Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner announces that with DOE funding, a concentrator solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved a world-record conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, establishing a new milestone in sunlight-to-electricity performance.
more: http://www.energy.gov/news/4503.htm
Just imagine a solar powered iPod, or Zune....never mind.
New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology: WASHINGTON, DC — Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner announces that with DOE funding, a concentrator solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved a world-record conversion efficiency of 40.7 percent, establishing a new milestone in sunlight-to-electricity performance.
more: http://www.energy.gov/news/4503.htm
Just imagine a solar powered iPod, or Zune....never mind.
