A Leap Forward for Plastic Solar Cells

An inexpensive, polymer-based device breaks a record, reaching 10.6 percent efficiency.

A record-breaking polymer solar cell made by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, converts 10.6 percent of the energy in sunlight into electricity. The performance of the cell surpasses the previous record, 8.6 percent, set in July of last year by the same group.







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