Highlights of mainstream solar cell efficiencies in 2022

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFB1505502) and the National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant Nos. 11834011, 11974242, 22025505, 51973110, and 21734009).

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