Silicon-based solar cells have a theoretical efficiency limit of around 30 per cent, but adding a perovskite layer enables new designs to harvest more energy

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  • @Klinkertinlegs@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I like that they put “could” in there. A lot of articles claim improvements “are” coming to solar or battery, then it never happens.

    • @douglasg14b@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      M8, this is science, we’re on c/science. Something that can do something but isn’t verified in a specific environment is a “could”. This is how literally every single advancement is made.

      So I’m rather confused why it’s distasteful to have a feed of new information that we didn’t know before. Which is scientific news.

      • HelixEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        They didn’t claim it’s distasteful, quite the opposite.

        • @douglasg14b@beehaw.orgEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I suppose tone is rather difficult on the internet (see: Poe’s Law). To me the tone was one of distaste/unsatisfaction with the “could”. As if OP is upset that hey keep seeing “could” but no actual implementation.

    • SpudgerOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      No idea.