cell efficiency

Solar Frontier has achieved a conversion efficiency of 23.35% on a 1cm² CIS solar PV cell, the highest verified figure for a cell of this type.

PV manufacturer Solar Frontier has set a new thin-film cell efficiency record of 22.9%.

JinkoSolar has beaten its own monocrystalline passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) cell efficiency record notching up a conversion rate of 23.45%.

SPONSORED: LONGi looks at recent assessments of the potential for its P-type mono PERC cells and discusses its bifacial PERC cell (Hi-MO2) technology.

Indian manufacturer Borosil Glass Works has completed acceptance tests for a major line of 2mm fully-tempered glass, which a company executive claims to be the first such glass produced at this thickness in the world.

‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Trina Solar has set a new world record of 22.61% efficiency for a p-type mono-crystalline cell, with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology at its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China.

The island plans to add 1.52GW over two years between mid-2016 and July 2018, which will help it to join Thailand in the top 10, according to EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce.

High efficiency modules could be “the future of solar” as module manufacturers are making the move to such technologies to get the most out of solar as prices come down.

Engineers at the University of New South Wales have developed a new solar cell configuration using mini modules embedded within a prism that has achieved a sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 34.5% - constituting a new world record.

German manufacturer SolarWorld has achieved 22.04% conversion efficiency in a PERC solar cell.