Spectrolab announces cost-efficient solar cell wafer

April 17, 2013
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PV manufacturer Spectrolab has brought out a new solar cell wafer it claims will reduce customers’ costs by 10 to 15%.

Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing, said it performs more than 50 separate tests on its wafers to create both solar space cells, which power satellites, and interplanetary spacecraft) and ground-based or concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells (which provides electricity to the alternative energy market).

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These wafers are 50% larger than the previous Spectrolab wafers, allowing for more than three times more cells grown on each wafer, thereby reducing the cost for customers.

At the beginning of this week Spectrolab announced a 37.8% efficiency rate for its multi-junction solar cells, verified by the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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