Time-reversal asymmetry surpasses conversion efficiency limit for solar cells - EurekAlert

The Shockley–Queisser limit presents a fundamental limit for the maximum conversion efficiency of a solar cell, determined by the detailed balance of absorption and emission processes. The Landsberg limit is another limit imposed by the entropy (disorder) of …

image: Unlike a multiphotovoltaic cell system where the emitted light is absorbed by a subsequent cell (left), the single cell nonreciprocal photovoltaic converter proposed by Sergeev and Sablon (rig… [+5113 chars]

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