SOLAR CELL R&D:Research is effectively catching up, and this achievement is currently considered as a major step towards reducing the costs of solar electricity.
Do you think this is the breakthrough we've been waiting for?
A new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity has been recorded by researchers in Germany. They achieved this by using a new solar cell structure with four solar sub-cells which measured a record efficiency of 44.7 percent. This awesome breakthrough was recorded by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center Berlin. This technology may be further exploited to lower the cost of solar cells, and it also opens up the path for higher efficiency research.
"This world record increasing our efficiency level by more than 1 point in less than 4 months demonstrates the extreme potential of our four-junction solar cell design which relies on Soitec bonding techniques and expertise. It confirms the acceleration of the road map towards higher efficiency which represents a key contributor to competitiveness of our own CPV systems. We are very proud of this achievement, a demonstration of a very successful collaboration." says André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, Soitec's Chairman and CEO (ref).
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