New cheap material already pushes solar cell efficiency over 16%

[jpiniero]

Revolutionary efficiency in a photovoltaic you say?
Works like a laser you say?

Well, do call me when you've a prototype with 95% efficiency.

The funny thing is that the plot of The Man with the Golden Gun would totally work as a relevant movie plot these days.

 

[Kneedragger]

There is tons of battery research going on there. Just google it.

I fly electric RC airplanes and twenty years ago they were slow and heavy with nicads, could barley fly for 5 mins. Then it was nimh batteries which was a minor leap but what revolutionised the electric RC industry was Lipos. Everything is electric now from huge helicopters that can be flown for 15+ minutes and drones. The drone industry has exploded due to lipos. We need more leaps like that in battery technology.

What I would like to see is a effort like the Manhattan or Apollo project to develop new super efficient and cheaper storage and production of power. Just think if a battery or what ever you call it could power you car for a week or your work tools for a month your phone or tablet for a year. What if never had to worry about power again. Think what society could do if the problems of limited power where mostly gone.

Lithium has been around for years.. Your interest in the other means of energy is what I'm getting at..