NREL, CSEM Jointly Set New Efficiency Record with Dual-Junction Solar Cell

David Young

NREL, CSEM Jointly Set New Efficiency Record with Dual-Junction Solar Cell

Chemistry and Nanoscience

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Abstract

Scientists set a new world record for converting non-concentrated sunlight into electricity using a dual-junction III-V/Si solar cell. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) scientists have collaborated to create a novel tandem solar cell that operates at 29.8% conversion efficiency under non-concentrator (1-sun) conditions. In comparison, the 1-sun efficiency of a silicon (Si) single-junction solar cell is probably still a few years away from converging on its practical limit of about 26%.

Original language	American English
State	Published - 2016

NREL Publication Number

NREL/FS-5J00-65664

Keywords

efficiency record
gallium indium phosphide (GaInP)
gallium indium phosphide (GaInP)
non-concentrated
solar
solar cells

UN SDGs

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