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Sharp Achieves Highest Solar Cell Conversion Efficiency: 43.5%

Mike Sandru — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:56:47 +0000

This one is worth paying attention to: the March 2011 record for solar cell efficiency held by Solar Junction has been broken last month by Sharp. The US-based company has offered the world a triple-junction compound solar cell that gives off 43.5% of the energy it takes in. Sharp’s technology consists of piling up three […]

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Sharp Breaks New Record With Its Concentrated Photovoltaic Cells

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:22 +0000

Sharp has worked closely with the University of Tokyo, and aims breaking the record again with 45% by 2015 and even to reach 50% by 2025. The company says that at 45% the cost of solar will finally reach that of nuclear and thermal power plants.

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Sharp's 300mW Ultrathin Solar Panel Designed for Greener Gadgets

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Solar powered cell phones are more and more looked for in the past few months. Many cell phone manufacturers release solar powered versions of their gadgets. Reacting on this (or anticipating a bubble), Sharp made solar cells specially designed for use in cell phones.

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