Incredible achievement, but at what kind of price to produce? How long does the cell last?

Amonix claims 25 yrs for the working life of the multijunction cells.

What great news for the Solar Industry .This is yet another reason to utilise the Power of the Sun instead fossil fuels.

As great as solar power is, its just too inefficient. I can't wait 34 hours (tested in a lab) to recharge a 1mAh battery with a strip of organic solar cells from Konarka (strip was 1x3 cm). Consiering that the latest mobile batteries are 2000mAh its just not a proposition for anything other than industrial battery backup and for larger consumer type products

Since most of the rest (66% or so) of the energy will go to heat up the solar cells, is there any way of using this heat in any sort of hybrid PV/thermal system? I'm thinking of a hollow PV cell which has a working fluid running through it; am I way off base?

Efficiency is only a portion of the issue, cost efficiency is other. It doesn't look like a very cheap panel and delivery system. Economies of scale only go so far.

SOLAR makes sense wind is playing around with mother nature and I feel could be a hazard . good job with the new cells guys.

Concentrated PV only works on a dual axis tracker so that it is aimed perfectly at the sun, therefore it cant be put on roofs and is much more advantageous in areas with high DNI- the desert. The advantage of CPV technology is less footprint. A technology that is designed to save space, but is only economical in a place with almost endless space(deserts)... CPV solves a problem that doesn't exist. Now if there were a rooftop application for CPV....

Yet another reason not to buy solar panels until the price per watt becomes stable.

What is needed is a "Solex Agitator" 95% efficient and the ability to control the world.