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Physicists Have Just Broken a Law of Photovoltaics: a Quantum Effect Makes It Possible to Reach 130% Efficiency

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Renewable energies, and especially solar energy, are often presented as the Holy Grail of the energy transition, due to the efficiency of solar cells. A scientific breakthrough could upset everything: an international team, together with researchers from Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University, claims to have crossed an obstacle long considered impassable in photovoltaics: achieving a quantum efficiency of 130%, reports Futura Scienc…
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Renewable energies, and especially solar energy, are often presented as the Holy Grail of the energy transition, due to the efficiency of solar cells. A scientific breakthrough could upset everything: an international team, together with researchers from Kyushu University and Johannes Gutenberg University, claims to have crossed an obstacle long considered impassable in photovoltaics: achieving a quantum efficiency of 130%, reports Futura Scienc…

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L'EnerGeek broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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