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wffurr
on April 25, 2025
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Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf, Uses Sunlight ...
Solar panels are ten times more efficient than photosynthesis.
joak
on April 25, 2025
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Today it's 10x more efficient, but it could theoretical get 100x more efficient, worth working on it.
tbrownaw
on April 25, 2025
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Can it? I thought panels were well over 10% efficiency these days. Plus I'm pretty sure there's a hard limit somewhere below 100%.
moebrowne
on April 25, 2025
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It's called the Shockley–Queisser limit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockley%E2%80%93Queisser_li...
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