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Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute

Industry 2.0K points 98 comments 1 month ago

Worth adding a little context on the “130% efficiency” claim: this doesn’t mean the solar cell produces more energy than it receives (that would violate thermodynamics, duh). The 130% refers to exciton yield (the number of energy carriers generated per photon)

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