12-12-2016, 11:36 PM
Researchers at the University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) have analyzed how low-cost materials combine to achieve a record power conversion efficiency of 6.7% for large-area organic solar cells. Such cells are flexible, lightweight, and environmentally-friendly and have the capacity to be printed in different colors and shapes allowing commercial applications such as integration into building façades etc.
Large-area organic solar cells achieve record efficiencies | Smart2.0
The race to boost the efficiency of large perovskite solar cells continues with researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia claiming a new record figure of 12% and looking to double the performance within the next year. The 12.1% efficiency rating was for a 16 cm 2 perovskite solar cell, the largest single perovskite photovoltaic cell certified with the highest energy conversion efficiency, and was independently confirmed at the international testing centre run by Newport Corp in Bozeman, Montana. The new cell is at least 10 times bigger than the current certified high-efficiency perovskite solar cells on record.
Large perovskite solar cell efficiency hits 12% | Electronics EETimes