Yeah, all these super-efficient panels are all well and good but like you said they've been promised for over a decade and have yet to leave the lab due to a bunch of different problems such as stability for these organic hybrids. I wonder if these newest ones have actually managed to solve the stability problem, or is this yet another cell revolution that'll be coming Real Soon Now™ in 2034

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But let’s go back in time 10 or 15 years. Back then people were buying stuff that was around 12 to 14% efficient. Now people are buying stuff that is 19% to 22% efficient. That’s a big ass jump in efficiency over a decade.

The tech is rolling out, it just takes time to move stuff from R&D to manufacturing at scale and at a reasonable cost.

There is often a long lead time between the breakthrough science, new industrial applications, and when you can buy something at HomeDepot. It’s always going to be that way.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah I was specifically talking about all these new technologies, not just incremental improvements on the existing ones. Hybrid organic cells have been promised for a long time and it's not just a question of scaling etc., but that they have had serious issues that have so far meant that they were a complete non-starter for any actual real-world use. I didn't look into this any further so I don't know of Longi solved the stability problem, though, so it may be that they're finally actually ready to even start leaving the lab