A Step Closer To The Optimum Solar Cell

An anonymous reader writes "Besides cost, solar cell efficiency is the second most critical criteria. Scientists from Berkeley Lab and other institutions, have announced a new solar cell material that may be able to achieve an extraordinary efficiency of about 50 percent -- twice the amount of the current record holder."

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This is the last you will hear of this

[AtariAmarok]

Ah, an efficient solar cell. This is the last you will hear of this! Halliburton and Big Oil will immediately buy the patent and sit on it, just like they did the antigravity saucer, the 300 mph carburetor, cold fusion, and Skynet microchips from the future. Save your cache while you can!