College Physics: A Strategic Approach (3rd Edition)
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Converting sunlight to electricity with solar cells has an efficiency of ≈ 15%. It’s possible to achieve a higher efficiency (though currently at higher cost) by using concentrated sunlight as the hot reservoir of a
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