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So, obviously, there's a difference between efficiency in lab settings and efficiency in the field for mass-produced cells. But - this is an impressive achievem
by einpoklum 4y ago
So, obviously, there's a difference between efficiency in lab settings and efficiency in the field for mass-produced cells. But - this is an impressive achievement for the Silicon + Perovskite technology.
But I have a question to the more knowledgeable here: The chart in the story shows other technologies which achieve significantly higher efficiency figures:
https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/news_datei?did=15092 https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/pubbin/news_datei?did=15092
specifically, multi-junction cells. Why are they faded-out? Are they not practicable to mass produce and deploy? Only usable in limited scenarios?
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Partial self-answer: According to Wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-junction_solar_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-junction_solar_cell
> As of 2014 multi-junction cells were expensive to produce, using techniques similar to semiconductor device fabrication, usually metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy but on "chip" sizes on the order of centimeters.
- walrus01 4y agotriple-junction GaAs cells are not something you can or want to buy unless you're building a spacecraft - they're EXTREMELY expensive. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=boeing+spectrolab https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=boeing+sp...
- tuatoru 4y agoThe chart is produced by NREL, and comes in static and interactive versions: https://www.nrel.gov/pv/cell-efficiency.html https://www.nrel.gov/pv/cell-efficiency.html The fading is to de-emphasize cells of different technologies.