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It's a shame we haven't figured out to make efficient Far-UV leds. The performance drops off a cliff once start to get below 265nm (IIRC)

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The performance drops off a cliff to tungsten-lamp levels starting in the UVB (290-310nm) range. We're still looking at state of the art at barely 3% efficiency for that and UVC.

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