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Breakthrough barium titanate solar panels are 1000x more powerful than existing panels (www.thebrighterside.news)

submitted 4 months ago by SteveKLord to c/energy

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Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have discovered a new method to increase the efficiency of solar cells by a factor of 1,000. The team of scientists achieved this breakthrough by creating crystalline layers of barium titanate, strontium titanate, and calcium titanate, which were alternately placed on top of one another in a lattice structure.

Their findings, which could revolutionize the solar energy industry, were recently published in the journal Science Advances.

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[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think what they're saying is that this new method is 1000x more efficient compared to previous solar panels made of ferroelectric crystals, not compared to the standard silicone ones. So it's more like "previous alternative solar panel that sucked now might not suck" rather than "existing solar panels now make 1000x more power."

[–] BlackJerseyGiant@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Base solar panel = 14% effecient x 1000 = 14,000% effecient. The only way the math works is if the new panels are 100% efficient and they are referencing a rock as a standard solar panel. I'm calling BS.