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Showing Original Post only (View all)We may not need any stinking oil after all.. [View all]
https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260328024517.htmScientists have found a way to push solar efficiency beyond 100% by multiplying energy from sunlight using a novel molecular system. The approach could pave the way for next-generation solar technologies. Credit: Shutterstock
In research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on March 25, scientists from Kyushu University in Japan, working with collaborators at Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz in Germany, developed a new way to push past this barrier. They used a molybdenum-based metal complex known as a "spin-flip" emitter to capture extra energy generated through singlet fission (SF), often described as a "dream technology" for improving light conversion.
With this approach, the team achieved energy conversion efficiencies of around 130%, exceeding the traditional 100% limit and pointing toward more advanced solar technologies.
does sound too good to be true...Like a perpetual motion machine. But I'm open to science.
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Not if it's harnessing solar power, which is infinite as long as we have a source
FakeNoose
Saturday
#7
I'm not buying any of this. To start with, there is no such thing as 100% efficency in any realm.
flashman13
Saturday
#12
The 130% number being bandied about in the article refers to quantum efficiency
Shermann
Saturday
#16
I discussed this badly misinterpreted wishful thinking case in another thread on the topic.
NNadir
Saturday
#5
Again, the question is, did radioactivity from nuclear power plants kill as many people in 70 years as died in the...
NNadir
Saturday
#32
After coal is burned fly ash has to be disposed of. What goes into the air stays in the air.
twodogsbarking
Saturday
#11
you could not be more completely misinformed - or wrong about a particular subject.
stopdiggin
Saturday
#31