Historical Analysis of Champion Photovoltaic Module Efficiencies

Sarah Kurtz; Ingrid Repins; Wyatt K. Metzger; Pierre J. Verlinden; Susan Huang; Stuart Bowden; Ian Tappan; Keith Emery; Lawrence L. Kazmerski; Dean Levi

doi:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2794387

Historical Analysis of Champion Photovoltaic Module Efficiencies

Sarah Kurtz, Ingrid Repins, Wyatt K. Metzger, Pierre J. Verlinden, Susan Huang, Stuart Bowden, Ian Tappan, Keith Emery, Lawrence L. Kazmerski, Dean Levi

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Abstract

Champion photovoltaic (PV) cell and module efficiencies have been reported in Progress in PV since 1993. Following the evolution of these efficiencies enables researchers to track the progress of various technologies. National Renewable Energy Laboratory has maintained a historical chart of the champion cell efficiencies, but has not published a similar chart of champion module efficiencies. Here, we analyze champion module efficiencies and compare them to champion cell efficiencies to better understand technology trends over the last three decades, highlighting that, in some cases, module efficiencies exceed 90% of cell efficiencies. Recommendations are provided on how to change the data collection and reporting for champion efficiencies to increase the value of these records.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	363-372
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Volume	8
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2794387 https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2794387
State	Published - 2018

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Photovoltaic (PV) cells
PV systems
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