Solar Energy is at prehistoric stage and has a bright future

The sun deposits approximately 1,368 watts of energy per square meter of space, but only one fourth of this power is retained by the Earth’s atmosphere.
The main problem with the use of solar energy has always been the difficulty in efficiently converting the sunbeams into sufficient energy to power up homes, buildings and businesses and the existing technology can be considered to be at prehistoric stage even when there has been so much progress made. In fact, green energy scientists are constantly exploring for ways to increase solar energy efficiency and to tap on the advantages of solar energy but there is still a vast universe to explore and find the technology adapted to our needs which are becoming very demanding.
I would not be surprised to hear in a near future that a bright young talent discovered an extremely simple highly efficient solution...where nobody was searching before. Just remember Edison, Bell and so many others...