Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the wordpress-seo domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6260 Solar Frontier Achieves Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency of 22.9% - Ink World Magazine

What are you searching for?

Sign in
Flexible Electronics News

Solar Frontier Achieves Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency of 22.9%

Efficiency for CIS cell is 0.3% over the current world record.

Author Image

By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Solar Frontier K.K., the world’s largest provider of CIS solar energy solutions, has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency. In joint research with the National Research and Development Agency’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, Solar Frontier achieved 22.9% conversion efficiency on a 1cm2 cell using its CIS technology.
 
Independently verified by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in November, this record achieved 0.3 percentage points over the current world record of 22.6% that was set by the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in February 2016.
 
This achievement was made through such technologies as CIS absorber engineering and enhanced surface treatment of the absorber layer, which demonstrate the steady progression of Solar Frontier’s thin-film technology.



World record-setting CIS thin-film solar cell. (Source: Solar Frontier)

Add us as a preferred source on Google

Get the latest Ink World magazine news, insights and analysis in your Google Search and AI experiences.

Add Ink World magazine as a preferred source on Google (opens in a new tab)

Keep Up With Our Content. Subscribe To Ink World magazine Newsletters