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University of Texas at Austin

Solar Panels

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Efficiency is a problem in silicon-based solar cells, which currently account for about 95% of the solar energy market. They convert less than 30% of the energy in sunlight into electricity. About half of the lost energy is due to heat generation within the silicon cell.

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