# Solar panel researchers say cells could hit 43% efficiency by using this new approach to reducing infrared glow

> Solar power continues to be used more widely, and the science behind the technology is developing too: researchers from the Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain have just announced a breakthrough…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/tech/scientists-announce-solar-panel-breakthrough-that-could-take-the-tech-past-a-significant-threshold-silver-based-electrode-pushes-efficiency-towards-43-percent?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6acbaabe8632a83d0f51bcea)
- **Published:** 2026-10-11
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #solar #cells #efficiency #researchers #approach #conversion #glow #infrared
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