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I can't understand the headline. The typical solar panel is like 15% efficient. 1000% more power from such a panel would be thermodynamically impossible.

• Arnt 5y ago
  I think they're shifting the goalposts by basically increasing the density of panels per area well beyond 100%. They're extracting x% of the energy in the light and letting 100-x-y% of the light pass through (y being nonzero), then the light reaches another layer which extracts …
• ncmncm 5y ago
  It's actually much easier than you imagine. They are not comparing to silicon solar panels. They are comparing to a single layer of their own material, which seems to extract much less than 15%. So, if one layer nets 1%, adding 100 layers might be getting them to 10%. If they manage to get the yield up, maybe they could exceed 30%, which would make it a big deal. Or to 20%, but much more cheaply. But they are not there yet, and might not get there. That's research. Don't expect to buy any for several years after that.
• ohiovr 5y ago
  That is because it is click bait.