Neat News 447 (added 2017-03-22)

Efficiency of Solar Cells Increased

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New silicon solar cells have been built which can transform a higher percentage of the light into electricity. In general there is still a lot of improvement in solar cells as can be seen on the timeline. More important than efficiency is typically the economic viability.

News seen at: Der Spiegel - Science (in German)