Engineers Just Increased Solar Panel Efficiency by 250%

Solar power is nothing short of planet-saving and revolutionary. It produces a measly 6 g of carbon dioxide for every kWh produced. For comparison, that is <a href="https://www.coaltrans.com/insights/article/ecocarbon-august-2021" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">166 times smaller than coal power</a>! But it doesn’t end there; solar power is literally the cheapest energy ever, costing as little as <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">$20 per MWh</a>, or about <a href="https://solarpower.guide/solar-energy-insights/energy-ranked-by-cost" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">four times less than coal</a>. However, thanks to a recent breakthrough from the University of Rochester, New York, solar power is about to get even better, given that researchers have managed to create a solar panel that is cheaper and 250% more efficient! Almost all solar cells are made from silicon, but the researchers from the University of Rochester took things in a slightly different direction. They have been developing <a href="https://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/solar-panels/the-potential-of-perovskite" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">perovskite cells</a>, which replace silicon with perovskite crystals. <a href="https://medium.com/predict/engineers-just-increased-solar-panel-efficiency-by-250-aff5f7ac0f5e">Read More</a>