Double The Power, Half The Panels: Scientists Tout Tandem Solar Cells For Capturing Record Energy
Double The Power, Half The Panels: Scientists Tout Tandem Solar Cells For Capturing Record Energy
The tandem solar cells, developed by a team of researchers at the energy giant Solar energy industry experts say the development of tandem panels could increase the efficiency of solar power.
太阳能行业专家表示，串联电池板的发展可能提高太阳能的效率。
What Happened: Tandem solar panels, which stack two solar materials on top of each other to capture more of the sun's energy, achieved a record-breaking 33.89% efficiency.
具体情况：串联太阳能电池板将两种太阳能材料堆叠在一起，以捕获更多太阳能，实现了创纪录的33.89%的效率。
This is a significant leap from the 20-22% efficiency of commercially available solar panels, reported Wired, citing a study published in Nature.
这一创新比商业上可获得的太阳能电池板20-22%的效率大幅提高，据Wired报道，援引《自然》杂志发表的一项研究。
The tandem solar cells, developed by a team of researchers at the energy giant LONGi, combine silicon and perovskite materials. This innovation allows the cells to capture an additional 60% of solar energy. It also reduced the number of panels required to produce the same energy. It also cuts installation costs and land requirements for solar farms.
LONGi能源公司的研究团队开发的串联太阳能电池将硅和钙钛矿材料结合在一起。这一创新使电池能够捕获额外60%的太阳能，同时减少了生产相同能量所需的电池数量。它还减少了太阳能场所的安装成本和土地要求。
While the current efficiency of silicon solar cells is limited to about 29%, perovskite materials, discovered less than two decades ago, have emerged as the ideal complement to silicon technology. Their light absorption tunability allows them to capture high-energy blue light more efficiently than silicon, thereby increasing the total tandem efficiency.
尽管硅太阳能电池的当前效率受限于约29%，钙钛矿材料作为硅技术的理想补充物已在不到20年前被发现。它们的光吸收可调性使其比硅更有效地捕获高能蓝光，从而增加了总串联效率。
Why It Matters: The recent breakthrough in tandem solar panels could have far-reaching implications for the solar energy industry. The increased efficiency of these panels could significantly reduce the number of panels required for solar farms and cut installation costs and land requirements.
The development of tandem solar panels comes at a time when solar power is gaining significant traction. Solar companies, like Sunrun Inc (NASDAQ:RUN) and Enphase Energy (NADSAQ:ENPH), could benefit in the long run if technological advancements make residential solar more attractive. The Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN), an ETF that tracks the solar space, traded down more than 2% Tuesday as the overall market declined amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
为什么重要：串联太阳能电池板的最新突破可能对太阳能行业产生深远影响。这些电池板的提高效率可能显著减少太阳能场所所需的电池数量，减少安装成本和土地要求。
串联太阳能电池板的开发恰逢太阳能能源正在获得重要推动的时期。太阳能公司，如Sunrun Inc（纳斯达克：运行）和enphase energy（纳斯达克：ENPH），如果技术进步使居民太阳能更具吸引力，从长远来看，可能会受益。太阳能行业板块ETF-Invesco（纽交所：TAN），这种追踪太阳能领域的ETF，在周二随着整体市场因中东地缘政治紧张局势而下跌了超过2%。
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