Abstract
NREL has demonstrated a 45.7% conversion efficiency for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns concentration. This achievement represents one of the highest photovoltaic research cell efficiencies ever achieved across all types of solar cells. NREL's new solar cell, which is designed for operation in a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system where it can receive more than 1,000 suns of concentrated sunlight, greatly improves earlier designs by adding an additional high quality absorber layer to achieve an ultra-high efficiency.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| State | Published - 2015 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-5J00-64823
Keywords
- concentrator photovoltaics
- CPV
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- NREL
- photovoltaic
- PV
- science and technology highlights
- solar cells
