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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFB1505502) and the National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant Nos. 11834011, 11974242, 22025505, 51973110, and 21734009).

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  1. Institute of Solar Energy, and Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control of the Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Wenzhong Shen

  2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Yixin Zhao

  3. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Feng Liu

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Shen, W., Zhao, Y. & Liu, F. Highlights of mainstream solar cell efficiencies in 2022. Front. Energy 17, 9–15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-023-0871-y

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