solar cell efficiency record Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:25:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Triple-Junction Compound Solar Cell Gives Record Conversion Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/triple-junction-compound-solar-cell-gives-record-conversion-efficiency-20121206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/triple-junction-compound-solar-cell-gives-record-conversion-efficiency-20121206/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:25:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29450 A triple-junction compound solar cell, with three stacked photo-absorption layers, has the highest conversion efficiency. This incredible achievement came from a research and development initiative at Sharp Corporation. It is promoted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) on the theme of “R&D on Innovative Solar Cells. The new world record of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/triple-junction-compound-solar-cell-gives-record-conversion-efficiency-20121206/feed/ 0 29450 Konarka's Thin Plastic Organic Solar Cell Breaks New Efficiency Record For Its Class https://www.greenoptimistic.com/konarka-solar-cell-efficiency-20101209/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/konarka-solar-cell-efficiency-20101209/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:40:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=12265 Konarka, one of the early adopters of thin plastic solar cells has recently unveiled news about their latest prototype achieving a light conversion efficiency of 8.3 percent.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/konarka-solar-cell-efficiency-20101209/feed/ 1 12265 Sharp Breaks New Record With Its Concentrated Photovoltaic Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sharp-breaks-record-concentrated-photovoltaic-cells-20100906/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sharp-breaks-record-concentrated-photovoltaic-cells-20100906/#respond Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10040 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sharp-breaks-record-concentrated-photovoltaic-cells-20100906/feed/ 0 10040 Close Competition for Most Efficient Concentrator Solar Cells from U.S.-Based Spire Corporation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spire-concentrator-solar-cells-record-20100526/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spire-concentrator-solar-cells-record-20100526/#respond Wed, 26 May 2010 20:50:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7752 Spire Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Spire Corporation based in Massachusetts, has announced that they have matched world's record 41.1 efficiency for a concentrator solar cell (the sources don't mention it, but that's probably the one achieved by Fraunhofer researchers we talked about a week ago).

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