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

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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.

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[–] NigelSimmons@startrek.website 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"The result surprised even the research group: compared to pure barium titanate of a similar thickness, the current flow was up to 1,000 times stronger, despite the fact that the proportion of barium titanate as the main photoelectric component was reduced by almost two thirds."... So not actually 1000x better than current technology, just 1000x compared to pure barium titanite. Garbage clickbait, but "clever technique applied to ineffective solar cell technology scrapes 1% efficiency when used in UV spectrum" does not have the same appeal.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 5 points 3 months ago

Damn, headline got me excited for a few moments and then I get into the comment section and be feeling depressed again.