• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You’re misrepresenting what they say:

    During just five years of experimenting with our stacking or multi-junction approach, we have raised power conversion efficiency from around 6% to over 27%, close to the limits of what single-layer photovoltaics can achieve today.

    We believe that, over time, this approach could enable the photovoltaic devices to achieve far greater efficiencies, exceeding 45%.

    “6% to over 27%” isn’t the range of what they can achieve now. 6% efficiency was where the technology was at 5 years ago, and now they get 27%.