UK firm lays claim to world solar record

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QuantaSol claims to have independently tested single junction solar cell with conversion efficiency of more than 28 per cent

UK start up QuantaSol has this week become the latest solar firm to stake a claim for the world record for photovoltaic solar cell efficiency, with the unveiling of a single junction cell with a conversion...

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