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nazgulnarsil
on Sept 25, 2013
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World record solar cell with 44.7% efficiency
ERROR BARS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY
asab
on Sept 25, 2013
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There aren't even error bars in the article's graphs
kyberias
on Sept 25, 2013
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Care to elaborate?
scythe
on Sept 25, 2013
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The +/- 3.1% is relative to the efficiency. The way to read it is: 0.447 +/- 3.1%, where now it's more obvious that it translates to more like 0.447 +/- 0.014.
wumpus
on Sept 25, 2013
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Even if it really means 0.447 +/- 0.014, an increase of 0.01 is not very significant!
pkroll
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+1 for the Futurama reference
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