Multijunction solar cells used in concentrator photovoltaics have enabled record-breaking efficiencies in electricity generation from the Sun's energy, and have the potential to make solar electricity cost-effective at the utility scale.
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King, R. Record breakers. Nature Photon 2, 284–286 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.68
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