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MalbertKermanyesterday at 10:57 PM1 replyview on HN

It's only true for a single junction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockley%E2%80%93Queisser_limi...

Multi-junction cells beat that limit, but they're still horribly expensive to manufacture which confines them to niche uses like spacecraft.


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DaniFongtoday at 1:53 AM

we're bootstrapping off the multijunction production while using just a single junction that matches the sodium D light well