GaAs Solar cell Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:18:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Record: AltaDevices Brags 28.2 Percent Efficient Gallium Arsenide Solar Cell https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alta-devices-solar-cell-20110628/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alta-devices-solar-cell-20110628/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:18:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19277 A new solar cell efficiency record has been achieved by a startup CA-based company called Alta Devices. Previously unknown, the Santa Clara firm brags an efficiency of 28.2 percent for their gallium-arsenide solar cell, a number 2 percent higher than last year's previous record, and could eventually bring down the costs of solar power to make it compete with coal and gas.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alta-devices-solar-cell-20110628/feed/ 0 19277 Quantasol Breaks Solar Efficiency Records With Location-Optimized Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantasol-solar-cells-20090705/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/quantasol-solar-cells-20090705/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3937 There are many companies in the solar power business that want to make themselves a name, but only few manage to innovate something indeed useful. This time I think Quantasol, a UK company has something worth looking at - very efficient GaAs-based solar cells accustomed to your location.

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