Highlights of mainstream solar cell efficiencies in 2023

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFB4200101), the Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Project, China (No. 2022JBGS0036) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52325306, 11834011, 11974242, and 22025505).

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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