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That can't be true. The current record for non-concentrating cells is 39.5% efficiency using triple junction cells [1] Concentrating cells are at 47.6% [2] [1

• sroussey 2y ago
  Isn’t that for sunlight though? I imagine if you have a source that only radiates a single wavelength, you could make a collector for that specific wavelength that’s more efficient than some general case one. Could be wrong though.
• choilive 2y ago
  The innovation here is you have a system that emits monochromatic light, and you have solar cells tuned specifically for that bandgap, plus the system is also "naturally" concentrating because the light output is incredibly bright. 3000 suns vs 500-1000 suns in typical CPV, plus they also do waste heat recycling. End-to-end efficiency of 40% is definitely feasible as advertised.
  • DaniFong 2y ago
    correct
    • selimthegrim 2y ago
      So you’re recycling the waste heat and reducing the operating temperature to normal solar cell levels as opposed to thermoelectrics?
• MalbertKerman 2y ago
  It's only true for a single junction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockley%E2%80%93Queisser_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockley%E2%80%93Queisser_limi... Multi-junction cells beat that limit, but they're still horribly expensive to manufacture which confines them to niche uses like spacecraft.
  • DaniFong 2y ago
    we're bootstrapping off the multijunction production while using just a single junction that matches the sodium D light well